Galicia (Spain) Galicia (Spain) Galicia (; Galician: "Galicia" , "Galiza" ; ; ) is an autonomous community of Spain and historic nationality under Spanish law. Located in the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula, it comprises the provinces of A Coruña, Lugo, Ourense and Pontevedra, being bordered by Portugal (Braga District, Bragança District, Viana do Castelo District and Vila Real District) to the south, the Spanish autonomous communities of Castile and León and Asturias to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and the Cantabrian Sea to the north. It had a population of 2,718,525 in 2016 and has a total area
Postal Union of the Americas, Spain and Portugal Postal Union of the Americas, Spain and Portugal The Postal Union of the Americas, Spain and Portugal (; UPAEP) is an association of the postal authorities of the countries of the Americas and more Spain and Portugal. In 1838 a postal treaty signed by Ecuador, Venezuela and Colombia was signed in Bogotá, and since 1864 several countries in the Americas had organized the creation of a postal union, and so it was founded in 1911 under the official name of the South American Postal Union and that from 1921 it began to admit members of the central and northern Americas