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A Coruña

Also known as Corunna, The Groyne, La Coruña, Coruña, Corunha, Coruna, Corunium, Crunia

city and municipality in the province of A Coruña, Galicia, Spain

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A Coruña is a city and municipality located in the northwestern Spanish region of Galicia, serving as the capital of its province. It is historically significant as a major port city on Spain's Atlantic coast, making it an important center for maritime trade and culture in the region.

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Official name: A Coruña
Demonym: cascarilleiro
Population: 251543
Area: 37.83
Elevation: 21
Official website: www.coruna.gal
Image: Enseada do Orzán.jpg
Dialing code: 981 y 881
Licence plate code: C

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postal code: 15001–15011
Commons category: A Coruña
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native label: A Coruña
male population: 113900
female population: 131811
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A Coruña ( Galician pronunciation: [ɐ koˈɾuɲɐ] ; in Spanish: La Coruña [la koˈɾuɲa] ; also informally called just Coruña; historical English: Corunna or The Groyne) is a city and municipality in Galicia, Spain. With a population of 249,255, it is the 2nd-largest city in Galicia behind Vigo. The city is the provincial capital of the province of A Coruña, having also served as political capital of the Kingdom of Galicia from the 16th to the 19th centuries, and as a regional administrative centre between 1833 and 1982.

A Coruña is located on a promontory in the Golfo Ártabro, a large gulf on the Atlantic Ocean. It is the main industrial and financial centre of northern Galicia, and holds the headquarters of the Universidade da Coruña. A Coruña is the city with the tallest mean-height of buildings in Spain, also featuring a population density of 21,972 inhabitants per square kilometre (56,910/sq mi) of built land area.