Asturias
The Principality of Asturias (Spanish: Principado de Asturias, Asturian: Principáu d'Asturies) is a autonomous community in the kingdom of Spain. Its area was the old Kingdom of Asturias in the Middle Ages. It is on the Spanish north coast facing the Cantabrian Sea. It is formed by only one province, Asturias, which is equal to the autonomous community. The capital of the autonomous community is Oviedo. Gijón is the biggest city. There is an airport in Asturias, from where you can fly to a few places in Spain and in Europe. The region has borders with Galicia (Lugo province), Castile and León (León province) and Cantabria.
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Asturies (Asturian) | |
|---|---|
| Principado de Asturias (Spanish) Principáu d'Asturies (Asturian) Principao d'Asturias (Galician-Asturian) | |
 Flag .svg) Coat of arms | |
| Anthem: Asturias, patria querida (Spanish) "Asturias, beloved fatherland" | |
.svg) Location of Asturias (red) within Spain | |
| Coordinates: 43°20′N 6°00′W / 43.333°N 6.000°WCoordinates: 43°20′N 6°00′W / 43.333°N 6.000°W | |
| Country | Spain |
| Capital Largest city | Oviedo Gijón |
| Government | |
| • Type | Devolved government in a constitutional monarchy |
| • Congress of Deputies | 7 Deputies (of 350) |
| • Senate | 6 Senators (of 265) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 10,604 km2 (4,094 sq mi) |
| Population (2020)[1] | |
| • Total | 1,018,784 |
| • Density | 96.075/km2 (248.834/sq mi) |
| GDP (nominal; 2018)[2] | |
| • Per capita | €24,400 |
| Time zone | CET |
| Website | asturias.es |
Asturias Media
Termas romanas de Gijón.
Processional Cross, ca. 1150–75, it comes from a 12th-century church fifty miles east of Oviedo. Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Santa María del Naranco, ancient palace of Asturian Kings, 842 AD. Many churches of Asturias are among the oldest churches of Europe, dating to the Early Middle Ages.
Location of Asturias and its neighbors in 800 AD
Topographic map of the Principality of Asturias (Spain), at 1:200,000 scale. Year 2010.
Picu Urriellu in the Urrieles Massif
Torimbia beach, Llanes
References
- ↑ "Cifras oficiales de población resultantes de la revisión del Padrón municipal a 1 de enero" (in español). National Statistics Institute. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
- ↑ "Regional GDP per capita ranged from 31% to 626% of the EU average in 2017". ec.europa.eu.
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