Xove is a municipality in the province of Lugo, within the autonomous community of Galicia in northwestern Spain. It belongs to the comarca of A Mariña Occidental, a coastal district in the northern part of the province.
The municipality is located in Galicia's A Mariña region, an area along the Cantabrian coast. As a municipality, Xove encompasses a defined administrative territory that includes its central settlement and surrounding parishes, which is the standard local government structure throughout Galicia.
Its administrative affiliation places it within the province of Lugo and the wider Galician autonomous community, one of Spain's seventeen autonomous communities, situated in the country's northwest corner.