Martiago

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| official_name = Martiago

| settlement_type = Municipality

| image_skyline =

| image_flag =

| flag_size = 150

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| image_map = Término municipal de Martiago.svg

| map_caption = Location in Salamanca

| coordinates = {{coord|40|27|9|N|6|29|24|W|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Spain

| subdivision_type1 = Autonomous community

| subdivision_name1 = Castile and León

| subdivision_type2 = Province

| subdivision_name2 = Salamanca

| subdivision_type3 = Comarca

| subdivision_name3 = Comarca de Ciudad Rodrigo

| subdivision_type4 = Subcomarca

| subdivision_name4 = Los Agadones

| leader_party = People's Party

| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = Miguel Gregorio Sánchez Castrillo

| area_footnotes = {{Cite web|url=http://www.lasalina.es/Aplicaciones/GestorInter.jsp?prestacion=Cipublico&funcion=MuestraMunicipios&codProvincia=37|title=Municipio:Martiago|website=www.lasalina.es|access-date=2017-11-03}}

| area_total_km2 = 47

| elevation_footnotes =

| elevation_m = 811

| population_as_of = {{Spain metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}

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| population_total = {{Spain metadata Wikidata|population_total}}

| population_density_km2 = auto

| timezone = CET

| utc_offset = +1

| timezone_DST = CEST

| utc_offset_DST = +2

| postal_code_type = Postal code

| postal_code = 37510

| website =

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Martiago is a municipality located in the province of Salamanca, Castile and León, Spain. As of 2016 the municipality has a population of 302 inhabitants.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Datos.htm?t=2891|title=Salamanca: Población por municipios y sexo|website=www.ine.es|language=es|access-date=2017-11-03}} The municipality is known because of its flat lands favorable for wars. The origin of the name Martiago comes from "Marte" (mart) and "Terra" (Tiago) which means: "Tierra de Marte" (knowing that Marte is the God of War in the Greek mythology) or in other words, meaning that it was there where some wars happened.

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{{Municipalities in Salamanca}}

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Category:Municipalities in the Province of Salamanca

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