๐ฎ๐ช Galway is a city in the West of Ireland, in the province of Connacht. It is the county town of County Galway, which is named after it. It lies on the River Corrib between Lough Corrib and Galway Bay, and is the sixth most populous city in the island of Ireland and the fourth most populous in the Republic of Ireland. Located near an earlier settlement, Galway grew around a fortification built by the King of Connacht in 1124. A municipal charter, received in 1484, allowed for the citizens of the then walled city to form a council and mayoralty for the city. Controlled largely by a group of merchant families, the Tribes of Galway, the city grew into a trading port. Following a period of decline, as of the 21st century, the city is a tourist destination and is known for hosting numerous festivals, celebrations and events, including the Galway Arts Festival. In 2018, Galway was named the European Region of Gastronomy. The city was the European Capital of Culture for 2020, alongside ๐ญ๐ท Rijeka, Croatia.
Economy Galway City is the capital of Connacht. The city has experienced very rapid growth in recent years. Galway has a strong local economy with complementary business sectors, including manufacturing industry, tourism, retail and distribution, education, healthcare and services that include financial, construction, cultural, and professional.
Most (47%) of the people employed in Galway work in either the commerce or professional sector, with a large number (17%) also employed in manufacturing. Most industry and manufacturing in Galway, like the rest of Ireland, is hi-tech (e.g. ICT, medical equipment, electronics, chemicals, etc.), due to the Celtic Tiger economic boom. Companies such as Boston Scientific, Medtronic, EA Games, Cisco and SAP AG have their regional offices or other offices in Galway City and environs. Tourism is also of major importance to the city, which had over 2.1ย million visitors in 2000, and produced revenue of over โฌ400ย million.
The head office of Smyths, a toy shop company, is in Galway.
Galway was ranked #660 by the Nomad List which evaluates and ranks remote work hubs by cost, internet, fun and safety. Galway has a population of over 79,930 people. Galway also forms the centre of the wider Connacht Province which has a population of over 550,742 people. Galway is ranked #319 for startups with a score of 0.838.
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Galway is a member of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network for Film see: https://en.unesco.org/creative-cities
Twin Towns, Sister Cities Galway has links with:
๐ฉ๐ฐ Aalborg, Denmark ๐ณ๐ฟ Auckland, New Zealand ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Bradford, England ๐บ๐ธ Cambridge, USA ๐บ๐ธ Chicago, USA ๐จ๐ณ Hangzhou, China ๐ซ๐ท Lorient, France ๐บ๐ธ Menlo Park, USA ๐บ๐ธ Milwaukee, USA ๐จ๐ณ Qingdao, China ๐บ๐ธ Seattle, USA ๐บ๐ธ St. Louis, USAUNESCO Creative Cities for Film include: ๐ณ๐ฌ Asaba ๐ฒ๐ฐ Bitola ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Bradford ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Bristol ๐ฐ๐ท Busan ๐ฎ๐ช Galway ๐ณ๐ต Kathmandu ๐ฎ๐ณ Mumbai ๐ฒ๐ฆ Ouarzazate ๐ง๐ท Penedo ๐ฉ๐ช Potsdam ๐จ๐ณ Qingdao ๐ฎ๐น Rome ๐ง๐ท Santos ๐ง๐ฆ Sarajevo ๐ง๐ฌ Sofia ๐ฆ๐บ Sydney ๐ช๐ธ Terrassa ๐ช๐ธ Valladolid ๐ฆ๐ท Vicente Lรณpez ๐ณ๐ฟ Wellington ๐ฏ๐ต Yamagata ๐ต๐ฑ ลรณdลบ
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Ellesmere Port 53.278
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ Conwy 53.281
๐ง๐พ Asipovichy 53.283
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ Colwyn Bay 53.29
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Worksop 53.3
๐ฎ๐ช Dรบn Laoghaire 53.3
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Buxton 53.259
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Macclesfield 53.256
๐ฉ๐ช Westerstede 53.25
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Chesterfield 53.236
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ Bangor 53.228
๐ต๐น Figueira da Foz -8.851
๐ต๐น Viana do Castelo -8.833
๐ต๐น Pรณvoa de Varzim -8.75
Locations Near: Galway -9.06357,53.277
๐ฎ๐ช Ennis -8.981,52.846 d: 48.2
๐ฎ๐ช Mayo -9.117,53.76 d: 53.8
๐ฎ๐ช Castlebar -9.302,53.854 d: 66.1
๐ฎ๐ช Limerick -8.631,52.671 d: 73.4
๐ฎ๐ช Roscommon -8.19,53.63 d: 69.9
๐ฎ๐ช Nenagh -8.199,52.863 d: 73.9
๐ฎ๐ช Sligo -8.476,54.272 d: 117.2
๐ฎ๐ช Tralee -9.705,52.269 d: 120.1
Antipodal to: Galway 170.936,-53.277
๐ณ๐ฟ Invercargill 168.373,-46.413 d: 19230.1
๐ณ๐ฟ Dunedin 170.474,-45.884 d: 19192.3
๐ณ๐ฟ Queenstown 168.658,-45.033 d: 19083.6
๐ณ๐ฟ Canterbury 171.58,-43.543 d: 18931.7
๐ณ๐ฟ Christchurch 172.617,-43.517 d: 18922.8
๐ณ๐ฟ Richmond 173.183,-41.333 d: 18676.4
๐ณ๐ฟ Nelson 173.284,-41.269 d: 18668.4
๐ณ๐ฟ Wellington 174.767,-41.283 d: 18651
๐ณ๐ฟ Hutt 174.917,-41.217 d: 18641.3
๐ณ๐ฟ Lower Hutt 174.917,-41.217 d: 18641.3