GALICIA, a province of Spain, bounded on the north and west by the ocean, on the south by Portugal, and on the east by Asturias and the kingdom of Leon. The air is temperate along the coast; but, in other places, it is cold and moist. It is but thin of people: and the produce is wine, flax, and citrons: the soil is unequal, but affords good pasture; the mountains yield iron, copper, and lead; and the forests produce wood for building ships. St Jago di Compostella is the capital town.