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| Capital | Oviedo | ||
| Area - total - % of Spain |
Ranked 10th 10 604 km² 2,1% | ||
| Population - Total (2003) - % of Spain - Density |
Ranked 12th 1 056 789 2,5% 99,65/km² | ||
| Demonym - English - Spanish |
Asturian asturiano/a, astur | ||
| Statute of Autonomy | January 11, 1982 | ||
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Parliamentary representation Congress seats Senate seatsThe Spanish Senate (Spanish: Senado is the upper house of the Cortes, Spain's legislative branch. It has 259 members: 208 are directly elected by popular vote and the other 51 are appointed by the regional legislatures. All senators serve four-year terms. |
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| President | Vicente Alberto Álvarez ArecesVicente Alberto Alvarez Areces is the current President of the Government of the Principality of Asturias in Spain, and he is a member of the PSOE political party. lvarez was born in Gijon, in the Principality, on August 4, 1943, and prior to his becoming ( PSOE) | ||
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| Anthem | Asturias, patria queridaAsturias, patria querida is the anthem of the Spanish autonomous community of Asturias. It has both a Castilian and an Asturian version. Castilian :Asturias, patria querida :Asturias, de mis amores :¡quien estuviera en Asturias :en todas las ocasiones! :T | ||
The PrincipalityPrince Albert of Monaco on the left represents a principality where he wields adminisitrative authority. Prince Charles of Wales represents a titular principality with no administrative authority. A principality is a monarchial feudatory or sovereign stat of Asturias ( Asturian: Asturies) is a province and an autonomous community of Spain on the north coast facing the Cantabric Sea (Spanish: Golfo de Vizcaya or Mar Cantábrico).
The capital is Oviedo; Asturias was formerly called the province of Oviedo. Other noteworthy cities are the major seaport Gijón and the industrial city of Avilés . Other towns include Cangas de Onís, Cangas del Narcea, Grado (also known as Grao), Langreo, Mieres, Villaviciosa, and Llanes. See also List of municipalities in Asturias, Comarcas of Asturias.
The autonomous community is bordered on the east by Cantabria, on the south by Castile-Leon (Castilla y León, province of León), on the west by Galicia (province of Lugo), and on the north by the Cantabric Sea .
At one point, Asturias was one of the last remnants of Christian Spain; for this reason, the heir to the Spanish throne automatically takes the title of Prince of Asturias, much as the heir to the British throne is the Duke of Cornwall and Rothesay.
Asturias shares the Parque Nacional Picos de Europa Biosphere Reserve (in the Picos de Europa mountain range) with Cantabria and with the province of León. Also have another Biosphere Reserves: Muniellos, Somiedo, Redes