Cabanas, Galicia

Cabanas

Bridge over the Eume River.

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Cabanas

Location in Spain

Coordinates: ES 43°25′10″N 08°9′41″W / 43.41944°N 8.16139°W / 43.41944; -8.16139
Country Spain
Autonomous community Galicia
Province A Coruña
Comarca Eume
Government
  Mayor Germán Castrillón
Area
  Total 30.32 km2 (11.71 sq mi)
Population (2009)
  Total 3,336
  Density 110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CET (UTC+2)
Website Official website

Cabanas is a municipality in the province of A Coruña in the autonomous community of Galicia in northwestern Spain. It is 37 kilometers from A Coruña.

Cabanas was founded by the Counts of Traba in the eleventh century.

Economy

The major sectors are tourism (from 1950s and in particular from the early 1970s), farming, agriculture and services, though tourism is predominantly seasonal concentrating itself predominantly in the summer months.

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