The province of A Coruña is located in the most North-western Spain and is one of the four provinces from autonomous community of Galicia. The province is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and North, the Pontevedra Province to the South and the Lugo Province to the East. The provincial capital is city of La Corunna and others important towns are Santiago de Compostela, Betanzos, Boiro, Ferrol, Cambre and others.
Region of A Coruña has always been the one with the largest population and largest coast. There are located some of most important commercial and fishing ports of Spain:
- A Coruña - Costa da Morte (Commercial)
- Malpica - Costa da Morte (Fishing)
- Camariñas - Costa da Morte (Fishing)
- Fisterra - Costa da Morte (Fishing)
- Ferrol - (Commercial and Military - Rias altas)
- Cariño - Rias altas (Fishing)
- Cedeira - Rias altas (Fishing)
etc.
Until the second half of the 20-th century, province of A Coruña was both the religious and cultural centre of the entire region.