Province of Lugo

Lugo
Provincia de Lugo
Lugo Province
Flag of Lugo
Coat of arms of Lugo
Country Spain
Autonomous community Galicia
CapitalLugo
Government
 • BodyDiputación de Lugo
 • PresidentDarío Campos Conde (since 2015) (Socialists' Party of Galicia)
Area
 • Total9,856 km2 (3,805 sq mi)
 • Rank25th
Population
 ()[1]
 • Total331,327
 • Rank37th
Demonym(s)Lugués (m), Luguesa (f)
Lucense
Postal code
27---
ISO 3166 codeES-LU
Parliament15 deputies (out of 75)
Congress4 deputies (out of 350)
Senate4 senators (out of 264)
Websitedeputacionlugo.gal

Lugo is a province of northwestern Spain, in the northeastern part of the autonomous community of Galicia. It is bordered by the provinces of Ourense, Pontevedra, and A Coruña, the principality of Asturias, the State of León, and in the north by the Cantabrian Sea (Bay of Biscay).

The population is 331,327 (2018), of whom a quarter live in the capital Lugo. The capital city was an ancient Celtic settlement named in honour of the god Lugh (see Lyon), later Latinised as Lucus Augusti, and which became one of the three main important Galician-Roman centres alongside Braccara Augusta and Asturica Augusta (modern Braga and Astorga respectively). The province has 67 municipalities.

  1. ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.

Developed by StudentB