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1. Galicia (Galego: Galiza, Spanish: Galicia) is an autonomous community in the northwest of Spain.

In addition to Spanish, it has a native language, similar to Portuguese, called Galician or Galego.

Principal cities include A Coruña, Vigo, Pontevedra, Lugo, Ferrol, Ourense, and Santiago de Compostela, the capital.

Galicia includes the provinces of A Coruña, Ourense, Pontevedra, and Lugo.

2. Galicia is a former region of southern Poland and (1772-1918) Austria, divided (1918-20 and since 1945) between Poland and Ukraine. Krakow was included from 1846 following its annexation by Austria.

Languages: Polish (in the west); Ukrainian (in the east).

Principal cities: Lviv (formerly Lvov, Lwow, Lemberg); Krakow.

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