Segovia
Segovia | |
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![]() View o the back façade o the Segovia Cathedral, the auncient Ceety Waws (8t century), an the Guadarrama mountains. | |
![]() Location o Segovia in Spain | |
Coordinates: 40°57′N 4°10′W / 40.950°N 4.167°WCoordinates: ![]() | |
Autonomous commonty | ![]() |
Province | Segovia |
Comarca | Capital y Área Metropolitana |
Judicial destrict | Partido de Segovia |
Govrenment | |
• Alcalde | Pedro Arahuetes García (PSOE) |
Area | |
• Total | 163.59 km2 (63.16 sq mi) |
Elevation | 1000 m (3,000 ft) |
Population (2018)[1] | |
• Total | 51,683 |
• Density | 320/km2 (820/sq mi) |
Demonym(s) | Segovian |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 40001-40006 |
Offeecial leid(s) | Spaingie |
Website | Offeecial wabsteid |
Segovia is a ceety in Spain, the caipital o Province o Segovia in the autonomous commonty o Castile an León. It is situatit north o Madrid, 30 minutes bi heich speed train. The municipality coonts some 55,500 inhabitants.
Etymology
[eedit | eedit soorce]The name o Segovia is o Celtiberian oreegin. The first inhabitants namit the ceety Segobriga." This name comes frae twa terms o celtiberian oreegin, leid o the celtic Indo-European branch. It comes frae the term Sego, which means «victory» (prefix an aw present in ither ceeties such as Segeda an Segontia) an the suffix -briga, which wad mean «ceety» or «strength». So it micht be translatit as "Ceety o the victory" or "Victorious ceety".
Unner the Romans and Arabs, the ceety wis cried Segovia (Σεγουβία, Ptolomeo ii. 6. § 56) an Šiqūbiyyah (Arabic شقوبية) respectively.
Sister ceeties
[eedit | eedit soorce]Edinburgh, Unitit Kinrick, syne 1985.
Marysville, Ohio, Unitit States, syne 2001.
Tucson, Arizona, Unitit States.
Tours, Fraunce, syne 1972
Gangdong-gu, Seoul, Republic o Korea
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]External links
[eedit | eedit soorce] Media relatit tae Segovia at Wikimedia Commons
- Offeecial wabsteid
- Offeecial tourism office o Segovia
- Offeecial Leid Schuils o Segovia Archived 2019-06-27 at the Wayback Machine
- Segovia photo and video essay Part I and Part II
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