O Morrazo

O Morrazo
Comarca
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Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Galicia
Province	Pontevedra
Capital	Cangas do Morrazo
Municipalities	List Bueu, Cangas do Morrazo, Marín, Moaña
Area
• Total	140.1 km2 (54.1 sq mi)
Population
• Total	81,228
• Density	580/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	morracense
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)

O Morrazo (in Galician do Morrazo) is a county in the Galician province of Pontevedra. The overall population of this local region is 81,228 (2005). It is bounded on the north by the estuary of Pontevedra, to the east with the comarca of Pontevedra, to the south with the Vigo estuary and to the west by the Atlantic Ocean. This is the smallest county in terms of area in Galicia, and one of the five most densely populated.

Municipalities

It comprises the following municipalities:

• Bueu,
• Cangas do Morrazo
• Marín
• Moaña

Official comarca of Morrazo and historical Morrazo

The region of O Morrazo is a peninsula.

The current comarca of the Morrazo corresponds to only part of the traditional region. Apart from the municipalities that comprise it, it is traditionally part of Vilaboa as well (minus its parish of Bértola and that of Figueirido and neighborhood of Paredes in the parish of Vilaboa). The Pontevedra parishes of Louizán also forms part of the historical O Morrazo and most of the Salcedo parish. The comarca formerly included the city of Pontevedra which formed part of O Morrazo within its vicariate.

Gallery

• Plano vila de Bueu.png

  Map of Bueu

• Plano da vila de Cangas.png

  Map of Cangas

• Plano de Marín.png

  Map of Marín

• Plano de Moaña.png

  Map of Moaña