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| Vixía Herbeira | |
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 621 m (2,037 ft) |
| Coordinates | 43°43′26.17″N7°56′50.64″W / 43.7239361°N 7.9474000°W Coordinates: 43°43′26.17″N7°56′50.64″W / 43.7239361°N 7.9474000°W |
Vixia Herbeira, near Santo André de Teixido (municipality of Cedeira) in Galicia (north-west Spain), is one of the highest cliff faces in Europe. It is 621 metres high.
Santo André de Teixido is a small village from the municipality of Cedeira, in the Serra da Capelada which is near the cliffs. According to the National Institute of Statistics, in 2007, there were 49 inhabitants. There is a sanctuary also called Santo André de Teixido, which is a famous pilgrimage site. The Galician toponym Teixido means a place with abundant yew trees.
Cedeira is a municipality in the province of A Coruña in the autonomous community of Galicia in northwestern Spain. It is situated in the northern coast of the Rías Altas. Cedeira has a population of 7,412 inhabitants.
Galicia is an autonomous community of Spain and historic nationality under Spanish law. Located in the north-west of the Iberian Peninsula, it comprises the provinces of A Coruña, Lugo, Ourense and Pontevedra, being bordered by Portugal to the south, the Spanish autonomous communities of Castile and León and Asturias to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and the Cantabrian Sea to the north. It had a population of 2,718,525 in 2016 and has a total area of 29,574 km2 (11,419 sq mi). Galicia has over 1,660 km (1,030 mi) of coastline, including its offshore islands and islets, among them Cíes Islands, Ons, Sálvora, Cortegada, and—the largest and most populated—A Illa de Arousa.
