La Región is a daily

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in the

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and

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of Ourense, in the Southeastern part of Galicia, an

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(

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) of

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. Founded in 1910, most of its stock still belongs to the founding Outeiriño family. As a daily newspaper La Región has no specific competitor in Ourense, but a number of Galician newspapers are distributed in Ourense and seen as

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to La Región. La Región prints about 13000 copies per day on

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according to OJD, Spain's main

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distribution auditors. La Región's publisher is La Región S.A., a

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company. La Región, together with Ourense's local

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company Telemiño and Atlántico Diario, a newspaper in

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, make up the Grupo La Región conglomerate. Also published by this group is La Región Internacional, a newspaper launched in 1966 as millions of

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. La Región Internacional has since then been circulated among non-resident Spaniards only. Contrary to La Región, La Región Internacional does not especially inform on Ourense or Galicia as it is targeted to non-resident Spaniards of any regional origin. Another newspaper named La Región exists in

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, which is not linked in any way to the

one.

External links

La Región daily newspaper online editionLa Región Internacional online editionAtlántico Diario, online, belonging to Grupo La Región
{{DEFAULTSORT:Region Spanish-language newspapers Newspapers established in 1910 1910 establishments in Spain Ourense