.gal () is a

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intended to highlight the

Galician people Galicians ( gl, galegos, es, gallegos, link=no) are a Celts, Celtic-Romance peoples, Romance ethnic group from Spain that is closely related to the Portuguese people and has its historic homeland is Galicia (Spain), Galicia, in the north-west ...

, Galician language, and Galician culture. It was approved on 14 June 2013 by

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, and the first 93 domains went online on July 25, 2014. The initiative was backed by more than 13,700 people and 110 institutions in Galicia, including relevant agencies of culture such as the Royal Galician Academy, the Galician Culture Council, and the three Galician universities. Asociación PuntoGal is committed to establishing a foundation to reinvest the money in projects that promote Galician language and culture in the field of new technologies.

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Asociación PuntoGal

Dominio .gal
the first domain, which became operational on May 16, 2014

Generic top-level domains Internet in Spain Galician language {{compu-domain-stub

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