Galicia is an Autonomous Community on the North-West of the Iberian Peninsula. It comprises four provinces: A Coruña, Lugo, Ourense and Pontevedra. Its boundaries are the Cantabric Sea on the North; Portugal on the South; the Atlantic on the West and the regions of Asturias and Castille-Leon on the East. Located in the geographical centre of. the province of Lugo, the capital city of the province shares the same name. The Northern branch of the Highway into Galicia crosses the city.