Galicia

(gah-lish'yah,) an old N.W. p. of Spain, bet. N. Lat. 41°52-42° 47', and W. Lon. 7° 17′-9° 14'. Bounded N. by the Atlantic, and S.by Portugal. Area, 11,335 sq. m. It is intersected by several ramifications of the Asturias Mts., and its W. coast is bold and much broken by small arms of the sea. G. is subdivided into 4 pro vs., and its people are esteemed beyond other Spaniards for their industry, probity, and sturdy patriotism. C. Santiago. Pop. 1,880,522. Galicia and LODOMERIA, (lod-o-ma're-ah,) (KINGDOM OF,) adi vision of the Austrian empire, in its N.E. corner, lying bet. N. Lat. 47° 10′-50° 50′, and E. Lon. 18° 50′26° 36', and separated by the Car path i ans from Hungary. On the N.W. the Vistula forms the barrier bet. it and Pru ia and part of Poland. A portion of G. on the Turkish Mold avian frontier is known as the Bukowina. Area (including the Bukowina), 34,357 sq. m. Surface mountainous in the S., becoming one entire plain as it approaches N. Soil, fertile; agriculture and cattle-raising are largely engaged in. C. Lemberg. Pop. (including the Bukowina) 5,957,420. [s. 392]