Porto de Sanabria

Place in Castile and León, Spain
Official seal of Porto de Sanabria
Seal
Porto within the Province of Zamora
Porto within the Province of Zamora
42°10′2″N 6°53′58″W / 42.16722°N 6.89944°W / 42.16722; -6.89944Country SpainAutonomous community Castile and LeónProvince ZamoraComarcaSanabriaJudicial District?MancomunidadAlta SanabriaGovernment
 • MayorRogelio Carracedo Carracedo (PP)Area
 • Total200.82 km2 (77.54 sq mi)Elevation
1,211 m (3,973 ft)Population
 (2018)[1]
 • Total165 • Density0.82/km2 (2.1/sq mi)DemonymPortexosTime zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code
49583
Area code(+34) 980WebsiteOfficial website

Porto de Sanabria (Galician: Porto de Seabra; Leonese: Porto de Senabria), also known as Porto, is a municipality located in the province of Zamora, Castile and León, Spain.[2] According to the 2012 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 216 inhabitants.[3]

Geography

Porto is located near the borders of Castile and León with Galicia, in the Sanabria Lake Natural Park, nearby the Galician Massif. It is 90 km far from Bragança, in Portugal, 113 from Ponferrada, and 171 from Zamora.[4] Its municipal territory counts several lakes, reservoirs and rivers.

Culture

Porto is one of the few bilingual places of its province, in which is commonly spoken both Spanish and Galician.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  2. ^ (in Spanish) Porto de Sanabria on Zamora Province website
  3. ^ (in Spanish) Source: INE 2012
  4. ^ (in Spanish) Map and infos about Porto de Sanabria (Pueblos de España)
  5. ^ (in Spanish)Infos on Lubián municipal website Archived 2014-11-29 at the Wayback Machine

External links

Media related to Porto de Sanabria at Wikimedia Commons

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