Jump to content

Segovia

Frae Wikipedia, the free beuk o knawledge
Segovia
250px
View o the back façade o the Segovia Cathedral, the auncient Ceety Waws (8t century), an the Guadarrama mountains.
Banner o Segovia
Banner
Coat of airms o Segovia
Coat airms
Location o Segovia in Spain
Location o Segovia in Spain
Segovia is located in Spain
Segovia
Segovia
Location in Spain
Coordinates: 40°57′N 4°10′W / 40.950°N 4.167°W / 40.950; -4.167Coordinates: 40°57′N 4°10′W / 40.950°N 4.167°W / 40.950; -4.167
Kintra Spain
Autonomous commonty Castile an León
ProvinceSegovia
ComarcaCapital y Área Metropolitana
Judicial destrictPartido de Segovia
Govrenment
 • AlcaldePedro Arahuetes García (PSOE)
Area
 • Total163.59 km2 (63.16 sq mi)
Elevation
1000 m (3,000 ft)
Population
 (2018)[1]
 • Total51,683
 • Density320/km2 (820/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Segovian
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
40001-40006
Offeecial leid(s)Spaingie
WebsiteOffeecial 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.

Etymology

[eedit | eedit soorce]

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.

Sister ceeties

[eedit | eedit soorce]

References

[eedit | eedit soorce]
  1. . Instituto Nacional de Estadística. Cite has empty unkent parameter: |1= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
[eedit | eedit soorce]

Media relatit tae Segovia at Wikimedia Commons

Template:Warld Heritage Steids in Spain Template:Municipalities in Segovia