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Xinzo de Limia
Xinzo de Limia
Town and municipality
	Flag Coat of arms
	Nickname: Xinzo
	Situation of Xinzo de Limia within Galicia
	Xinzo de Limia Location in Spain
	Coordinates: 42°03′39″N 7°43′24″W / 42.06083°N 7.72333°W
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Galicia
Province	Ourense
Comarca	A Limia
Government
• Alcalde (Mayor)	Elvira Lama (PSOE)
Population (2018)
• Total	9,836
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CET)
Website	www.xinzodelimia.es

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Xinzo de Limia is a town and municipality in the province of Ourense, in the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain. It belongs to the comarca of A Limia. It lies on the important Autovia das Rias Baixas in the fertile valley of Antela, approximately 33 km from Verín and 43 km from Ourense. The Límia (Lima in Portuguese) river passes through the town on its way south towards the Portuguese border.

Xinzo is a town of services and an important stopping point on the main Vigo-Madrid highway. There are several small industries, including a glass factory, and many pig, cow and dairy farms in the surrounding area. The drained lakebed of Antela, once Spain's largest freshwater lake until the 1950s, produces cereals, hay, and especially potatoes. Xinzo is in fact one of Spain's largest producers of potatoes.

There is a legend connected to Xinzo. Several classical authors of antiquity reproduce the myth of the loss of memory connected to crossing the Límia River, referred by them as Lethes or Oblivionis (compare the river Lethe of Greek mythology). In 138 BC the Roman chieftain Decimus Junius Brutus put an end to the myth told by the Galicians when, on crossing the river, he began to call each one of his legionnaires by their names from the opposite bank. That historical fact has been now represented in an historical party called Festa do Esquecemento. Seeing the Límia today it is difficult to imagine this tiny river provoking such a fear.

Xinzo has few monuments but is famous for hosting one of Galicia's most typical carnivals. The characteristic figure is the pantalla, which symbolizes the devil. The pantalla is the guardian of the carnival, and runs through the streets in groups of two or three with two swollen pig bladders in the hands making huge noise. If the pantallas finds a male relative or neighbour of Xinzo de Limia not dressed with carnival clothes, they will take him into a bar, to pay the fee for not been dressed properly, which is a glass of wine.

Demography

From:INE Archiv

Notable people

Carmen Agulló Díaz (born 1957), tenured professor, non-fiction author

References

^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
^ "IGE. Táboas". www.ige.eu (in Galician). Retrieved 11 October 2017.

External links

[1] Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.

[2] "IGE. Táboas". www.ige.eu (in Galician). Retrieved 11 October 2017.

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-'''Xinzo de Limia''' (elevation 620 [[metre]]s; population of the concello 10,161 hab; population of the town 7056hab. (INE 2009)), is a town in the province of [[Ourense (province)|Ourense]], Autonomous Community of [[Galicia (Spain)|Galicia]], Spain.  It lies on the important [[Autovía A-52|Autovia das Rias Baixas]] in the  fertile valley of [[Antela]], approximately 33&nbsp;km from [[Verín]] and 43&nbsp;km from [[Ourense]].  The [[Limia River|Límia]] (Lima in [[Portugal|Portuguese]]) river passes through the town on its way south towards the Portuguese border.
+'''Xinzo de Limia''' is a town and [[Municipalities of Spain|municipality]] in the province of [[Ourense (province)|Ourense]], in the autonomous community of [[Galicia (Spain)|Galicia]], [[Spain]]. It belongs to the [[Comarcas of Galicia|comarca]] of [[A Limia]]. It lies on the important [[Autovía A-52|Autovia das Rias Baixas]] in the fertile valley of [[Antela]], approximately 33&nbsp;km from [[Verín]] and 43&nbsp;km from [[Ourense]].  The [[Lima River|Límia]] (Lima in [[Portugal|Portuguese]]) river passes through the town on its way south towards the Portuguese border.
 Xinzo is a town of services and an important stopping point on the main [[Vigo]]-[[Madrid]] highway.  There are several small industries, including a [[glass]] factory, and many [[pig]], [[cow]] and [[dairy]] [[farm]]s in the surrounding area.  The drained lakebed of Antela, once Spain's largest [[freshwater]] [[lake]] until the 1950s, produces [[cereal]]s, [[hay]], and especially [[potato]]es.  Xinzo is in fact one of Spain's largest producers of potatoes.
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+==Notable people==
+* [[Carmen Agulló Díaz]] (born 1957), tenured professor, non-fiction author
+== References ==
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