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Santiago de Compostela

Santiago de Compostela is the capital city of in northwest Spain. It's named for Saint James, one of the twelve Apostles of Christ, and in legend is his burial site.
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  • Type: City with 82,600 residents
  • Description: municipality in north-west Spain in the La Coruña province
  • Also known as: “Santiago de Compostella” and “孔波斯特拉的聖地牙哥”
  • Postal codes: 15701-15707, 15770, 15771, 15780-15782, 15890, and 15897-15899

Places of Interest

Highlights include Santiago de Compostela railway station and Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea.

Railway station
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Santiago de Compostela-Daniel Castelao is the railway station of the Galician capital Santiago de Compostela, Spain. In 2024, it registered a traffic of 4.3 million passengers, being the busiest railway station in Galicia.

Museum
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The , CGAC is an arts centre based in Santiago de Compostela that aims to promote culture in through exhibition, enjoyment and knowledge of the trends and currents of contemporary artistic creation.

Square
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The Praza do Obradoiro is main square of the Santiago de Compostela old town, although not placed at the real centre. It lies to the West of the main façade of the Santiago de Compostela cathedral, and thus the Pórtico da Gloria must be crossed to get into the building from the square.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include City of Culture of Galicia and Angrois.

Neighborhood
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The is a complex of cultural buildings in Santiago de Compostela, , , designed by a group of architects led by Peter Eisenman.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet.

Locality
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is a hill in Santiago de Compostela, , . It is known for being the place where Christian pilgrims on the Camino de Santiago can get their first views of the three spires of their destination, the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela.

Santiago de Compostela

Latitude
42.8804° or 42° 52′ 50″ north
Longitude
-8.5459° or 8° 32′ 45″ west
Population
82,600
Elevation
257 metres (843 feet)
IATA airport code
SCQ
United Nations Location Codes
ES SCQ and ES SSP
Open location code
8CJHVFJ3+5M
Open­Street­Map ID
node 998649870
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
3109642
Wiki­data ID
Q14314
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zhuang—“Santiago de Compostela” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Santiago de Compostela”
  • Albanian: “Santiago de Compostela”
  • Amharic: “ሳንቲያጎ ዴ ኮምፖስቴላ”
  • Arabic: “سانتياغو دي كومبوستيلا”
  • Arabic: “شنت ياقب”
  • Arabic: “شنت ياقُب”
  • Aragonese: “Santiago de Compostela”
  • Armenian: “Սանտիագո դե Կոմպոստելա”
  • Armenian: “Սանտյագո դե Կոմպոստելա”
  • Asturian: “Santiago de Compostela”
  • Aymara: “Santiago de Compostela”
  • Azerbaijani: “Santiaqo de Kompostela”
  • Azerbaijani: “Santiaqo-de-Kompostela”
  • Bambara: “Santiago de Compostela”
  • Basque: “Compostelako Donejakue”
  • Basque: “Santiago de Compostela”
  • Bavarian: “Santiago de Compostela”
  • Belarusian: “Сант’яга-дэ-Кампастэла”
  • Belarusian: “Сант’яга-дэ-Кампастэля”
  • Belarusian: “Сантяга-дэ-Кампастэла”
  • Bengali: “সান্তিয়াগো দে কম্পোস্তেলা”
  • Bislama: “Santiago de Compostela”
  • Bosnian: “Santiago de Compostela”
  • Breton: “Sant-Jakez a Gompostela”
  • Breton: “Santiago de Compostela”
  • Bulgarian: “Сантяго де Компостела”
  • Burmese: “ဆန်တီယာဂို ဒီ ကွန်ပိုစတယ်လာမြို့”
  • Catalan: “Sant Jaume de Compostel·la”
  • Catalan: “Sant Jaume de Galícia”
  • Catalan: “Santiago de Compostel·la”
  • Cebuano: “Santiago de Compostela”
  • Central Bikol: “Santiago de Compostela”
  • Chamorro: “Santiago de Compostela”
  • Chavacano: “Santiago de Compostela”
  • Cheyenne: “Santiago de Compostela”
  • Chinese: “Santiago de Compostela”
  • Chinese: “圣地亚哥-德孔波斯特拉”
  • Chinese: “圣地亚哥－德孔波斯特拉”
  • Chinese: “聖地亞哥-德孔波斯特拉”
  • Chinese: “聖地亞哥金波斯特拉”
  • Cornish: “Santiago de Compostela”
  • Croatian: “Santiago de Compostela”
  • Czech: “Santiago de Compostela”
  • Danish: “Santiago de Compostela”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Santiago de Compostela”
  • Dutch: “Santiago de Compostela”
  • Dutch: “Santiago de Compostella”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سانتياجو دى كومبوستيلا”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سانتياجو دى كومپوستيلا”
  • Esperanto: “Santiago de Compostela”
  • Esperanto: “Santiago-de-Kompostelo”
  • Estonian: “Santiago de Compostela”
  • Extremaduran: “Santiagu de Compostela”
  • Faroese: “Santiago de Compostela”
  • Finnish: “Santiago de Compostela”
  • French: “Saint-Jacques-de-Compostelle”
  • Friulian: “Santiago de Compostela”
  • Galician: “Compostela”
  • Galician: “Santiago de Compostela”
  • Georgian: “სანტიაგო-დე-კომპოსტელა”
  • German: “Santiago de Compostela”
  • Greek: “Σαντιάγο δε Κομποστέλα”
  • Greek: “Σαντιάγο ντε Κομποστέλα”
  • Guarani: “Santiago de Compostela”
  • Gujarati: “સેન્ટિયાગો દે કોમ્પોસ્ટેલા”
  • Haitian: “Santiago de Compostela”
  • Hebrew: “סנטיאגו דה קומפוסטלה”
  • Hindi: “सांतिआगो दे कोम्पोस्तेला”
  • Hungarian: “Santiago de Compostela”
  • Icelandic: “Santiago de Compostela”
  • Ido: “Santiago de Compostela”
  • Indonesian: “Santiago de Compostela”
  • Indonesian: “Santo Yakobus Tua di Compostela”
  • Interlingua: “Santiago de Compostela”
  • Interlingue: “Santiago de Compostela”
  • Irish: “Santiago de Compostela”
  • Italian: “Santiago de Compostela”
  • Italian: “Santiago di Compostela”
  • Italian: “Santiago”
  • Japanese: “コンポステーラ”
  • Japanese: “サンティアゴ・デ・コンポステーラ”
  • Japanese: “サンティアゴ”
  • Kannada: “ಸ್ಯಾಂಟಿಯಾಗೊ ಡೆ ಕಾಂಪೊಸ್ಟೆಲಾ”
  • Kashubian: “Santiago de Compostela”
  • Kinaray-A: “Santiyago kang Kumpostela”
  • Kinaray-A: “Santiyago sa Kumpostela”
  • Korean: “산티아고데콤포스텔라”
  • Kotava: “Santiago de Compostela”
  • Ladin: “Santiago de Compostela”
  • Ladino: “Santiago de Compostela”
  • Ladino: “Santiago de Kompostela”
  • Latin: “Compostella”
  • Latvian: “Santjago de Kompostela”
  • Ligurian: “Santiago de Compostela”
  • Limburgan: “Santiago de Compostella”
  • Lithuanian: “Santjago de Kompostela”
  • Lombard: “Santiago de Compostela”
  • Luxembourgish: “Santiago de Compostela”
  • Macedo-Romanian: “Santiago de Compostela”
  • Macedonian: “Сантјаго де Компостела”
  • Malagasy: “Santiago de Compostela”
  • Malay: “Santiago de Compostela”
  • Maltese: “Santiago de Compostela”
  • Maori: “Santiago de Compostela”
  • Marathi: “सांतियागो दे कोंपोस्तेला”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Santiago de Compostela”
  • Moksha: “Сантьяго-дэ-Компостэла”
  • Northern Frisian: “Santiago de Compostela”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Santiago de Compostela”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Santiago de Compostela”
  • Norwegian: “Santiago de Compostela”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Compostèla”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Santiago de Compostela”
  • Ossetian: “Сантьяго-де-Компостелæ”
  • Pampanga: “Santiago de Compostela”
  • Panjabi: “ਸਾਂਤੀਆਗੋ ਦੇ ਕੋਮਪੋਸਤੇਲਾ”
  • Papiamento: “Santiago de Compostela”
  • Persian: “سانتیاگو د کمپوستلا”
  • Persian: “سانتیاگو د کومپوستلا”
  • Polish: “Santiago de Compostela”
  • Portuguese: “Santiago de Compostela”
  • Quechua: “Santiago de Compostela”
  • Romanian: “Santiago de Compostela”
  • Russian: “Сантьяго-де-Компостела”
  • Sakizaya: “Sen-ti-ya-ke”
  • Sardinian: “Santiago de Compostela”
  • Scots: “Santiago de Compostela”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Santiago de Compostela”
  • Serbian: “Сантијаго де Компостела”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Santiago de Compostela”
  • Silesian: “Santiago de Compostela”
  • Sinhala: “සන්තියාගෝ ඩි කොම්පොස්ටෙලා”
  • Slovak: “Santiago de Compostela”
  • Slovenian: “Santiago de Compostela”
  • South Azerbaijani: “سانتیاقو د کمپوستلا”
  • Spanish: “Santiago de Compostela”
  • Sundanese: “Santiago de Compostela”
  • Swahili: “Santiago de Compostela”
  • Swedish: “Santiago de Compostela”
  • Swiss German: “Santiago de Compostela”
  • Tagalog: “Lungsod ng Santiago de Compostela”
  • Tagalog: “Santiago de Compostela”
  • Talysh: “Santiago de Kompostela”
  • Talysh: “Santyaqo De Kampostela”
  • Tamil: “சாந்தியாகோ தே கோம்போசுதேலா”
  • Tatar: “Сантьяго-де-Компостела”
  • Telugu: “శాంటియాగో దే కాంపోస్ట్లే”
  • Thai: “ซานเตียโกเดกอมโปสเตลา”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Santiago de Compostela”
  • Turkish: “Santiago de Compostela”
  • Twi: “Santiago de Compostela”
  • Ukrainian: “Сантьяго-де-Компостела”
  • Ukrainian: “Сантьяґо-де-Компостела”
  • Urdu: “سانتیاگو دے کومپوستیلا”
  • Uzbek: “Santiago de Compostela”
  • Venetian: “San Jàcomo el Major de Conpostèla”
  • Venetian: “Santiago de Conposteła”
  • Venetian: “Santiago de Conpostèła”
  • Vietnamese: “Santiago de Compostela”
  • Vlax Romani: “Santiago de Compostela”
  • Volapük: “Santiago de Compostela”
  • Walloon: “Sint-Djåke-el-Galice”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Santiago de Compostela”
  • Welsh: “Sain Siam”
  • Welsh: “Sain Siâm”
  • Welsh: “Santiago de Compostela”
  • Western Armenian: “Սանթիակօ տէ Քոմփոսթելա”
  • Western Frisian: “Santiago de Compostela”
  • Western Panjabi: “سانتیاگو دے کومپوستیلا”
  • Wu Chinese: “圣地亚戈朝圣城”
  • Yiddish: “סאַנטיאַגא דע קאמאפאסטעלאַ”
  • Yiddish: “סאנטיאגא דע קאמפאסטעלא”
  • Yiddish: “קאָמפּאָסטעלע”
  • Yue Chinese: “聖地亞哥德孔波斯特拉”
  • Yue Chinese: “聖地亞哥金波斯特拉”
  • Zhuang: “Santiago de Compostela”
  • “Santiago de Compostela”

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