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Segovia
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Location o Segovia in Spain
Segovia is located in Spain
Segovia
Location in Spain
Coordinates: 40°57′N 4°10′W / 40.95°N 4.167°W / 40.95; -4.167
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Autonomous commonty Template:Kintra data Castile and León
Province Segovia
Comarca Capital y Área Metropolitana
Judicial destrict Partido de Segovia
Govrenment
 - Alcalde Pedro Arahuetes García (PSOE)
Aurie
 - Tot 163.59 km2 (63.2 sq mi)
Hicht 1,000 m (3,281 ft)
Indwallers (2009)
 - Tot 56,660
 Densitie 346.4/km2 (897.1/sq mi)
Demonym Segoviano, na
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 - Simmer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 40001-40006
Offeecial leid(s) Spanish
Wabsteid Offeecial wabsteid

Segovia is a ceety in Spain, the caipital o Province o Segovia in the autonomous commonty o Castile an León. It is situatit north o Madrid, 30 minutes bi heich speed train. The municipality coonts some 55,500 inhabitants.

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Etymology [edit]

The name o Segovia is o Celtiberian oreegin. The first inhabitants namit the ceety Segobriga." This name comes frae twa terms o celtiberian oreegin, leid o the celtic Indo-European branch. It comes frae the term Sego, which means «victory» (prefix an aw present in ither ceeties such as Segeda an Segontia) an the suffix -briga, which wad mean «ceety» or «strength». So it micht be translatit as "Ceety o the victory" or "Victorious ceety".

Unner the Romans and Arabs, the ceety wis cried Segovia (Σεγουβία, Ptolomeo ii. 6. § 56) an Šiqūbiyyah (Arabic شقوبية) respectively.

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Media relatit tae Segovia at Wikimedia Commons

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