Os Ancares is a comarca

Comarca

A comarca is a traditional region or local administrative division found in parts of Spain, Portugal, Panama, Nicaragua, and Brazil. The term is derived from the term marca, meaning a "march, mark", plus the prefix co- meaning "together, jointly".The comarca is known in Aragonese as redolada and...

 in the Galician Province of Lugo

Lugo (province)

Lugo is a province of northwestern Spain, in the northeastern part of the autonomous community of Galicia. It is bordered by the provinces of Ourense, Pontevedra, and A Coruña, the principality of Asturias, the State of León, and in the north by the Cantabrian Sea .The population is 356,595 , of...

. The overall population of this local region

Region

Region is most commonly found as a term used in terrestrial and astrophysics sciences also an area, notably among the different sub-disciplines of geography, studied by regional geographers. Regions consist of subregions that contain clusters of like areas that are distinctive by their uniformity...

 is 13,888 (2005).

A range of mountains called in Galician the "Serra dos Ancares

Serra dos Ancares

The Serra dos Ancares is a mountain range in north-west Spain, extending in a south-westerly direction from the western end of the Cantabrian Mountains in Asturias....

" forms the border with the neighbouring autonomous community of Castile and León

Castile and León

Castile and León is an autonomous community in north-western Spain. It was so constituted in 1983 and it comprises the historical regions of León and Old Castile...

 where there is an area called Los Ancares

Los Ancares

Los Ancares is a district in northern Spain, which is noted for its unspoilt landscapes and ecological importance.The area takes its identity from the Sierra de los Ancares mountains which form a political and linguistic boundary between the autonomous communities of Galicia and Castile and...

. The Spanish term Los Ancares Lucenses (i.e. pertaining to Lugo

Lugo

Lugo is a city in northwestern Spain, in the autonomous community of Galicia. It is the capital of the province of Lugo. The municipality had a population of 97,635 in 2010, which makes is the fourth most populated city in Galicia.-Population:...

) is sometimes used to refer to the Galician Ancares, thus distinguishing them from Los Ancares Leoneses (i.e. pertaining to León).

Municipalities

Becerreá

Becerreá

Becerreá, is a municipality located in the Spanish province of Lugo. Situated right in the eastern mountain range of the province, it occupies an extension of 173.3 km2 and forms part of the Region of Los Ancares, which contains the departure points of the access routes...

, As Nogais

As Nogais

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, Baralla

Baralla

Baralla, is a municipality in the Spanish province of Lugo.Border of rio Neira and it limits with the populations from Becerreá the East and Exceeded the Oeste.Bello landscape, the town this located in a valley, Valley of the Neira...

, Cervantes

Cervantes, Lugo

Cervantes is a municipality in the comarca of Os Ancares, in the province of Lugo, Galicia .It had a population of 1,973 in 2005, and has an area of 277 square kilometres. Its highest point is Mustellar , in the Ancares mountains....

, Navia de Suarna

Navia de Suarna

Navia de Suarna is a municipality in Lugo province in Galicia in north-west Spain....

 and Pedrafita do Cebreiro

Pedrafita do Cebreiro

Pedrafita do Cebreiro is a municipality in the province of Lugo in Galicia, Spain. It borders the Lugo municipalities of As Nogais, Cervantes, Folgoso do Courel, Samos and Triacastela. Its eastern boundary borders the province of León.The French Way of the Way of St...

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