Láncara
{{short description|Municipality in Spain}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Láncara
| image_skyline = Casa_concello_Lancara_18.JPG
| image_flag = ETM_Láncara.PNG
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| settlement_type = Municipality
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| image_caption = Town hall.
| image_shield = Escudo_de_Láncara.svg
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| image_map = Situacion_Láncara.PNG
| map_caption = Location of Láncara
| pushpin_map = Spain
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Spain
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|Spain}}
| subdivision_type1 = Autonomous community
| subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Galicia}}
| subdivision_type2 = Province
| subdivision_name2 = Lugo
| subdivision_type3 = Comarca
| subdivision_name3 = Sarria
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| area_total_km2 = 121.61
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| population_as_of = 2023
| population_footnotes ={{cite web |title=Instituto Nacional de Estadística. (Spanish Statistical Institute) |url=https://www.ine.es/nomen2/inicio_r.do |website=ine.es |access-date=25 August 2024}}
| population_total = 2492
| population_demonym = Lancarao
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| population_density_km2 = auto
| timezone = CET
| utc_offset = +1
| timezone_DST = CEST
| utc_offset_DST = +2
| postal_code_type = Postal code
| postal_code = 27367
| area_code_type = Dialing code
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| government_footnotes ={{cite web |title=Corporación Municipal |url=https://www.concellodelancara.com/gl/corporaci%C3%B3n-municipal |website=concellodelancara.com |access-date=25 August 2024}}
| leader_title = Alcalde
| leader_name = Darío Antonio Piñeiro López
| leader_party = PSdeG-PSOE
| website = {{Official website|http://www.concellodelancara.com}}
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Láncara is a municipality in the province of Lugo, in the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain. It belongs to the comarca of Sarria.
Notable people
- Ángel Castro y Argiz (1875–1956) – Galician-born Cuban farmer and businessman; known for being the father of Fidel Castro and Raúl Castro.{{cite book |last1=Franqui |first1=Carlos |title=Vida, aventuras y desastres de un hombre llamado Castro |date=1989 |publisher=Planeta |isbn=978-968-406-145-3 |page=15 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gFgYAAAAYAAJ&q=%C3%81ngel+Castro+y+Argiz+%22L%C3%A1ncara%22 |access-date=25 August 2024 |language=es}}{{cite web |title=From Láncara to Birán: The history of Angel Castro Argis |url=https://www.latinamericanstudies.org/fidel/angel-castro.htm |website=latinamericanstudies.org |access-date=25 August 2024}}
References
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Category:Municipalities in the Province of Lugo
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