A Rúa
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A Rúa is a mostly rural municipality
in Galicia, located at 42°24′N 7°06′W, in the east of the province of Ourense
, 101 km (63 mi) from Ourense
, the provincial capital. An inhabitant of the area is known as a Rués (plural
Rueses).
As of 2005, A Rúa has a population of 4996 people. It has an area of 35.9 km² (14 sq mi) and is 298 m (978 ft) above sea level. It contains three parroquias: A Rúa de Valdeorras, Roblido and San Xulián.
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
in Galicia, located at 42°24′N 7°06′W, in the east of the province of Ourense
Ourense (province)
Ourense is a province of northwestern Spain, in the southeastern part of the Autonomous Community of Galicia. It is bordered by the provinces of Pontevedra in the west, Lugo in the north, León and Zamora in the east, and by Portugal in the south. With an area of 7,278 square km it is the only...
, 101 km (63 mi) from Ourense
Ourense
Ourense is a city in northwestern Spain, the capital of the province of the same name in Galicia. Its population of 108,674 accounts for 30% of the population of the province and makes it the third largest city of Galicia.-Population:...
, the provincial capital. An inhabitant of the area is known as a Rués (plural
Plural
In linguistics, plurality or [a] plural is a concept of quantity representing a value of more-than-one. Typically applied to nouns, a plural word or marker is used to distinguish a value other than the default quantity of a noun, which is typically one...
Rueses).
As of 2005, A Rúa has a population of 4996 people. It has an area of 35.9 km² (14 sq mi) and is 298 m (978 ft) above sea level. It contains three parroquias: A Rúa de Valdeorras, Roblido and San Xulián.