Ortigueira, a seaport and borough of Ferrolterra in North-western Spain, in the Province of A Coruña; on the northern slope of the Serra da Faladoira, on the river Mera and on the eastern shore of the Ria de Santa Marta--a winding, rock-bound and much indented inlet of the Bay of Biscay, between Capes Ortegal and Bares, the northernmost headlands of the Peninsula. Ferrolterra's population represents the third largest concentration of people in Galicia, and its disperse population exceeds 211,000 (2005).
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