Noia, Province of A Coruña, Galicia, Spain
🇪🇸 Noia (Noya) is a town and municipality in the autonomous community of Galicia in north-western Spain. It is the capital of the comarca with the same name. It is situated in the Province of A Coruña, some 20 miles west of Santiago de Compostela near the mouth of the Tambre river.
Noia was a thriving commercial port during the Low Middle Ages, being at that time the third most important town of the bishopric of Santiago de Compostela, after the capital and the town of Pontevedra. From that era it had preserved a notable old quarter, with a series of late Romanesque churches.
The "Dia das Letras Galegas" (Day of the Galician Writers) was celebrated in honour of Antón Avilés de Taramancos in 2003 and María Mariño Carou in 2007, both born in this town.
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Noia has a population of over 14,947 people. Noia also forms the centre of the wider Noia District which has a population of over 33,527 people. Noia is situated 32 km west of Santiago de Compostela.
Twin Towns - Sister Cities Noia has links with:
🇪🇭 Al Mahbes, Western Sahara🇺🇸 Schenectady 42.818
🇪🇸 Vitoria-Gasteiz 42.842
🇪🇸 Vitoria Gasteiz 42.85
🇮🇹 Ascoli Piceno 42.85
🇺🇸 East Lansing 42.733
🇵🇹 Figueira da Foz -8.851
🇵🇹 Viana do Castelo -8.833
🇵🇹 Póvoa de Varzim -8.75
🇵🇹 Vila do Conde -8.733
Locations Near: Noia -8.88333,42.7833
🇪🇸 Santiago de Compostela -8.544,42.877 d: 29.5
🇪🇸 Pontevedra -8.652,42.433 d: 43.3
🇪🇸 Carballo -8.683,43.217 d: 50.9
🇪🇸 A Coruña -8.395,43.358 d: 75.2
🇪🇸 Ferrol -8.217,43.483 d: 94.8
🇵🇹 Viana do Castelo -8.833,41.7 d: 120.5
🇪🇸 Ourense -7.866,42.339 d: 96.9
Antipodal to: Noia 171.117,-42.783
🇳🇿 Canterbury 171.58,-43.543 d: 19922.6
🇳🇿 Christchurch 172.617,-43.517 d: 19868.6
🇳🇿 Richmond 173.183,-41.333 d: 19780.4
🇳🇿 Nelson 173.284,-41.269 d: 19769.3
🇳🇿 Dunedin 170.474,-45.884 d: 19666.6
🇳🇿 Queenstown 168.658,-45.033 d: 19696.8
🇳🇿 Wellington 174.767,-41.283 d: 19670.6
🇳🇿 Porirua 174.84,-41.131 d: 19656.6
🇳🇿 Hutt 174.917,-41.217 d: 19656
🇳🇿 Lower Hutt 174.917,-41.217 d: 19656