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Key facts
- Country
- Spain
- Autonomous community
- Galicia
- Province
- Pontevedra
- Comarca
- O Morrazo
- Parroquias
- Ardán, O Campo, Marín, Mogor, San Tomé de Piñeiro, San Xulián and Seixo
- Type
- Mayor-council government
- Body
- Concello de Marín
- Alcaldesa mayor
- María Ramallo Vázquez ( PPdeG )
- Total
- 36.83 km (14.22 sq mi)
- Density
- 651.4/km (1,687/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+1 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+2 ( CEST )
- Website
- www .concellodemarin .es
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Marín
- Population
- 23991
- Area
- 35.9
- Elevation
- 14
- Official website
- www.concellodemarin.es
- Image
- Casa do concello Marín.jpg
- Motto
- Nostra in mare fortvna
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- Commons category
- Marín
- postal code
- 36900
- Commons gallery
- Marín
- male population
- 12153
- female population
- 12166
- P8168
- Leblanc
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Article
Marín is a town and municipality in Galicia, Spain in the province of Pontevedra. It is located on the southern shore of the ria of Pontevedra, in the comarca of O Morrazo. This town is home to the Escuela Naval Militar de Oficiales (Naval Academy for Officers).
Formerly named San Xiao Ancorados by ships anchored nearby, but it is a popular distortion of "Encoirados," meaning leather tanneries, as they were in the Lameira river which flows into the urban center of the village. Father Sarmiento says the town’s name came from the Latin word mare, meaning sea, but it is now known to be derived from the name of a former possessor of this land named Marinus. Marín derives from Marini, "property of Marinus." Both references to the sea are, therefore, pure coincidences.