Students of the 4 th level Ceip Plurilinge

Students of the 4 th level Ceip Plurilingüe Vista Alegre -Burela (School year 2012 -2013)

INDEX • • Location, Area & Boundaries Population, Provinces & Cities. Mountains, Coasts, Rivers, Firths & Islands. Climate, Fauna & Flora Our work: o Agriculture, Ranching, Fishing & Forestry. o Industrial work o Other work Popular architecture Symbols Sources

LOCATION & AREA Galicia is situated on the Northwest Iberian peninsula. Its surface area is 29. 574 km²

BOUNDARIES North: Cantabrian Sea South: Portugal East: Autonomous communities of Asturias & Castilla-León West: Atlantic Ocean

POPULATION Galicia has 2, 800, 000 inhabitants. The population doesn’t increase a lot, more people die than are born. Distribution of the population

PROVINCES A CORUÑA OURENSE Galicia has 4 provinces : A Coruña, Lugo, Ourense & Pontevedra. LUGO PONTEVEDRA

THE MOST IMPORTANT CITIES Are: Lugo, A Coruña Pontevedra, Ourense, Vigo, Ferrol & Santiago de Compostela (capital of the autonomous community) LUGO A CORUÑA PONTEVEDRA SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA VIGO

MOUNTAINS Low and rounded. Ranges : Xistral Courel Ancares Xurés Eixe Pena Trevinca: the tallest point. Serra do Xistral

COASTLINE Coast of Viveiro (Lugo) Galicia has 1, 309 km of coastline in the provinces of Lugo, A Coruña & Pontevedra. Ourense is an interior province. Pontevedra A Coruña

RIVERS They are short & wide. The longest one is The Miño. It has got a tributary: The Sil. Río Miño Other rivers: Eo Masma Sor Eume Tambre Ulla Río Eume

FIRTHS High: They are small and narrow. Viveiro, Cedeira, Ferrol. . . Low: They are large and wide. Vigo, Arousa, Pontevedra. . . Rias Altas

ISLANDS In Galicia there are many islands: • Islands Cíes • Islands Sisargas • Island de Ons • Island de Arousa Illa de Ons IIlas Cíes Illa de Arousa

Climate Mountains: cold winters & mild summers. Interior: cold winters, hot summers & abundant precipitation. Zones close to the coast: Mild temperatures & plenty of rain. Ferrol: vermello, Santiago: violeta Ribadeo: azul e Tui: amarelo.

Mountains: mammals like the wolf & birds like buzzards. Low zones: wild boar, trout, scarabs… Coastal: seagulls, octopus, mussels, sea ravens, turbots…

VEGETATION Mountains: bushes like gorse, forests of oaks, chestnuts… Low zones: prairies and next to the rivers “amieiros”. amieiros Coastal zones: “herba de namorar” and “camariña”. Herba de namorar

WORK AGRICULTURE Cultivation for cattle: turnips, grass, corn… Other: potatoes, rye, wheat. . . Potatoes harvest corn

GRAPE CULTIVATION Grape cultivation to make wine

RANCHING Dairy: cows for milk and meat Swine: pigs for meat Poultry: birds for meat and eggs

FISHING High-zone fishing: sailors fish, in boats that go far away, cod, tuna, hake… Low-zone fishing: they fish near the coast octopus, sardines…

FORESTRY We plant oak, chestnut, eucalyptus and pine to produce wood for furniture & paper.

INDUSTRY • Automobile • Textiles Car factory Textiles • Ship-building • Food Ship-building Food

OTHER WORK All the work that provide services to people: commerce, transportation, tourism, education, health. Tourism Commerce Health Transportation

Popular Architecture Crosses: stone crosses with religious significance on streets Granaries: typical structures to protect wheat or corn.

Historical Architecture Muíños: to grind corn & wheat and to make bread and to feed the cattle. Pallozas: housing for people and cattle. Pazos: typical houses, where rich people lived.

SYMBOLS The flag: White with a blue band from top to button and from left to right. The shield: With a goblet surrounded by seven crosses (capitals of the old kingdom of Galicia) and a crown.

The Anthem Title: Os Pinos. Lyricist: Eduardo Pondal. Music: Pascual Veiga. ¿Qué din os rumorosos na costa verdecente ao raio transparente do prácido luar? ¿Qué din as altas copas de escuro arume arpado co seu ben compasado monótono fungar? Os bos e xenerosos a nosa voz entenden e con arroubo atenden o noso ronco son, mais sóo os iñorantes e féridos e duros imbéciles e escuros non nos entenden, non. Os tempos son chegados Do teu verdor cinguido dos bardos das edades e de benignos astros que as vosas vaguedades confín dos verdes castros cumprido fin terán; e valeroso chan, pois, donde quer, xigante non des a esquecemento a nosa voz pregoa da inxuria o rudo encono; a redenzón da boa desperta do teu sono nazón de Breogán. fogar de Breogán. Enlace to listen

Source Material • "Coñecemento do medio 4" Editorial Santillana. • "Coñecemento do Medio 4" Edelvives. • "Proxectoterra" Colexio Arquitectos de Galicia. • • • "Atlas Escolar Santillana". "Atlas Xeográfico de Galicia e do Mundo". Edit. Cumio. Wikipedia Imaxes da web utilizadas con fin educativo. www. galiciaespallada. com