Ourense

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Ourense
Municipality
Ponte Vella over the Miño river Cathedral Plaza Mayor
Flag Coat of arms
Nickname(s):  A Cidade das Burgas (The City of As Burgas)
Location of Ourense
Coordinates: 42°20′11″N 7°51′48″W / 42.33639°N 7.86333°W / 42.33639; -7.86333
Country	Spain
Autonomous Community	Galicia
Province	Ourense
Comarca	Ourense
Government
• Type	Mayor-council government
• Body	Concello de Ourense
• Mayor	Gonzalo Pérez Jácome (DO)
Area [1]
• Total	84.5 km2 (32.6 sq mi)
Elevation	132 m (433 ft)
Population  (2018)[2]
• Total	105,233
Demonym(s)	ourensán/ourensao (m), ourensá (f) ourensano (m), ourensana (f)
Time zone	CET (GMT +1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (GMT +2)
Postcode	32001 - 32005
Area code	+34 988
ISO 3166-2	ES-OU
Website	www.ourense.es

Ourense (Galician: [owˈɾɛnsɪ]; Spanish: Orense [oˈɾense] ^ⓘ) is a city and the capital of the province of Ourense, located in the autonomous community of Galicia, northwestern Spain. It is on the Camino Sanabrés path of the Way of St James (Camino de Santiago), and is crossed by the Miño, Barbaña, Loña and Barbañica rivers. It is also known as A cidade das Burgas^[3] (in Galician) due to its hot springs, being one of the European cities with the greatest thermal heritage.^[4]