Sanxenxo

Sanxenxo (; ) is a municipality in Galicia, Spain in the province of Pontevedra.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Sanxenxo
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality
Settlement.image_skyline: Praia de silgar Sanxenxo.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Silgar Beach
Settlement.image_flag: Bandera de Sanxenxo.png
Settlement.image_shield: Coat of Arms of Sanxenxo.svg
Settlement.mapframe: yes
Settlement.mapframe zoom: 10
Settlement.mapframe wikidata: yes
Settlement.mapframe point: none
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.map_caption: Location of Sanxenxo
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

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: municipality of Galicia
Part of: O Salnés
Official name: Sanxenxo
Country: Spain
Located in: Pontevedra Province
Population: 18016
Area: 44
Elevation: 0
Time zone: UTC+01:00
Body of water: Atlantic Ocean
Shares border with: O Grove
Official website: www.sanxenxo.es
Image: Playa del Silgar, en Sangenjo (Pontevedra, España).jpg
Patron saint: Saint Rosalia

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postal code: 36960
Commons category: Sanxenxo
topic's main category: Category:Sanxenxo
category for people born here: Category:Births in Sanxenxo
Commons gallery: Sanxenxo
male population: 8565
female population: 8782
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Notable people
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Sanxenxo (; ) is a municipality in Galicia, Spain in the province of Pontevedra.

It is situated in the southern part of the O Salnés region 15 kilometres west of the city of Pontevedra and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean, and the estuaries of Pontevedra and Arousa. The municipality has a population of 17,347 inhabitants (INE 2019).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sanxenxo” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.