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Poio
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Poio is a municipality in the province of Pontevedra, in the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain. It belongs to the comarca of Pontevedra. Poio is located in the north shore of the Ría de Pontevedra, between Sanxenxo and the provincial capital, Pontevedra. The municipality is adjacent with Meaño, Meis, Pontevedra and Sanxenxo and combines mountain and sea areas.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Poio
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.image_shield
- Escudo_de_Poio.svg
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of Poio
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Spain
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Autonomous community
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Galicia
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Pontevedra
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Comarca
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Pontevedra
- Settlement.parts_type
- Parroquia
- Settlement.parts_style
- para
- Settlement.p1
- Combarro
- Settlement.p2
- Raxó
- Settlement.p3
- San Xoán de Poio
- Settlement.p4
- San Salvador de Poio
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Official website
Web Oficial | Concello de Poio
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Galicia
- Part of
- Pontevedra
- Official name
- Poio
- Country
- Spain
- Located in
- Pontevedra Province
- Population
- 17434
- Area
- 34.16
- Elevation
- 91
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Body of water
- Ría de Pontevedra
- Shares border with
- Sanxenxo
- Official website
- concellopoio.gal
- Image
- Poio Concello.jpg
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- Commons category
- Poio
- postal code
- 36994
- Commons gallery
- Poio
- male population
- 8487
- female population
- 8595
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Encyclopedic overview
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Poio is a municipality in the province of Pontevedra, in the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain. It belongs to the comarca of Pontevedra. Poio is located in the north shore of the Ría de Pontevedra, between Sanxenxo and the provincial capital, Pontevedra. The municipality is adjacent with Meaño, Meis, Pontevedra and Sanxenxo and combines mountain and sea areas.
Tambo island, an uninhabited island located in the middle of the Pontevedra estuary, officially belongs to Poio but it is under the control of the Spanish Navy and disembarkment is not allowed.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Poio” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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