5-397: Alfoz ( Galician pronunciation: [alˈfɔθ] ) is a municipality in the province of Lugo , in the autonomous community of Galicia , Spain. It is in the comarca of A Mariña Central . It borders the municipalities of Foz , Mondoñedo , Abadín and O Valadouro . The population in 2008 was 2,133 people according to the municipal register of inhabitants. Alfoz is the antipodes of
10-512: The University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand. 43°31′41″N 7°24′50″W / 43.528°N 7.414°W / 43.528; -7.414 This article about a location in the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Province of Lugo Lugo is a province of northwestern Spain, in the northeastern part of
15-572: The autonomous community of Galicia . It is bordered by the provinces of Ourense , Pontevedra , and A Coruña , the principality of Asturias , the State of León , and in the north by the Cantabrian Sea ( Bay of Biscay ). The population is 331,327 (2018), of whom a quarter live in the capital Lugo . The capital city was an ancient Celtic settlement named in honour of the god Lugh (see Lyon ), later Latinised as Lucus Augusti , and which became one of
20-544: The capital, the vitality of Galician in conversation is very strong. The inhabitants speak several variants of Galician in the province of Lugo. They have the characteristics of being the closest to León isoglosses and therefore also Castilian. That makes them they some grammatical and phonetic signs that are mistakenly considered influences of Castilian or of Leonese. However, the Galician spoken in Lugo, especially in non-coastal areas,
25-422: The three main important Galician-Roman centres alongside Braccara Augusta and Asturica Augusta (modern Braga and Astorga respectively). The province has 67 municipalities. The vast majority of people have a common language, Galician . Some people, especially the older generation, are monolingual in Galician. There are only a few people bilingual in Galician and Castilian: just over 10,000 inhabitants. Even in
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