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A Ulloa

Coordinates: 42°49′N 7°52′W / 42.817°N 7.867°W / 42.817; -7.867
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A Ulloa
Country Spain
Autonomous community Galicia
ProvinceLugo
CapitalAntas de Ulla
Municipalities
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

A Ulloa is a comarca in the province of Lugo, Galicia, in northwestern Spain.

Notable places

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The municipalities in A Ulloa are Antas de Ulla (capital), Monterroso, and Palas de Rei.

It is home to the Special Zone of Conservation Serra do Careón and of the Fluvial System of Ulla-Deza, which is of the same type.

It is the host of a small part of the Way of Saint James.

Altri's involvement

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In 2024, a plan to build a megafabric of cellulose was put forth by the multinational Altri. According to Greenpeace[1], this would destroy the nature present in A Ulloa.


42°49′N 7°52′W / 42.817°N 7.867°W / 42.817; -7.867

  1. ^ Greenpeace. "La comarca de A Ulloa, un paraíso natural en el corazón de Galicia". Greenpeace.org. Retrieved 14 June 2024.