- Couto Mixto
Infobox Former Country
native_name = "Couto Mixto"
conventional_long_name = Couto Mixto
common_name = Couto Mixto
continent = Europe
status =Neutral territory
government_type= Republic
year_start = 12th century
year_end = 1864
event_start=
date_start=
event_end= Annexation by Spain
date_end = September 29
event_pre =
date_pre =
p1 =
flag_p1 =
s1 = Spain
flag_s1 = Flag of Spain.svg
flag_text =
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capital = Santiago
largest_city =
national_motto =
national_anthem =
common_languages = Galician, Portuguese, Spanish
religion = Roman Catholic
currency = |
leader1 = Delfín Modesto Brandón
year_leader1 = ca 1860
title_leader = Judge
deputy1 =
year_deputy1 =
title_deputy =
leader2 =
year_leader2 =
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year_deputy2 = |
stat_year1 = 1845
stat_area1 = 27
stat_pop1 = 800
stat_year2 =
stat_area2 =
stat_pop2 =Couto Mixto (English: "Mixed Territory") is a Spanish territory with three villages (Santiago and
Rubiás now in the municipality ofCalvos de Randín , andMeaus in the municipality of Baltar), located in Ourense, Galicia, by the border withPortugal .This land was neither Portuguese nor Spanish for centuries, until the
Treaty of Lisbon (1864) that gave the sovereignty to Spain. But before that, the people living there had several privileges, such as not to be obligated to go to the army (Portuguese or Spanish) or not needing a licence to carry weapons. It was in fact an independent territory. Nowadays some cultural initiatives try to remember those days and traditions.The privileges of Couto Mixto
*Nationality
*Taxes
*Military service
*Right to bear arms
*Official stamps
*Self-government
*Right of asylum
*Fairs and markets
*Road right-of-way
*CropsOther privileges
Bibliography
Books
*García Mañá, Luís Manuel (2005). "Couto Mixto. Unha república esquecida". Vigo: Edicións Xerais de Galicia. ISBN 84-9782-325-7.
*Modesto Brandón, Delfín (1907). "Interesante Historieta del Couto Mixto". Coruña.News
*es [http://www.elpais.es/articulo/reportajes/republica/independiente/Couto/elpdomrpj/20060730elpdmgrep_5/Tes/ "La 'república independiente' del Couto"] - El País
*gl icon [http://www.lavozdegalicia.es/se_cultura/noticia.jsp?CAT=106&TEXTO=4929343 "Os novos xuíces honorarios darán pulo ás tradicións culturais do Couto Mixto"] - La Voz de Galicia
*gl icon [http://www.culturagalega.org/temadia.php?id=5233 "Un Couto de cultura"] - Culturagalega.orgExternal links
* [http://www.coutomixto.org/ Asociación de Veciños do Couto Mixto]
* [http://www.tinet.org/~jpmiguez/cotomixto.htm Los Privilegios del Coto Mixto]
* [http://WikiMapia.org/#lat=41.902277&lon=-7.832394&z=13&l=9&m=m&v=2 Couto Mixto on WikiMapia]
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