Asturias

Principality o Asturias
Principality o Asturias; Principado de Asturias (Spainyie); Principáu d'Asturies Template:Ast icon
	— Autonomous Commonty —
Principado de Asturias
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	Anthem: Asturias, patria querida
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	Coordinates: 43°20′N 6°00′W / 43.333°N 6°W
Kintra	Spain
Caipital; Lairgest ceety	Oviedo; Gijón
	Govrenment
- Preses	Javier Fernández; (PSOE)
	Aurie(2.1% o Spain; Rankit 10t)
- Tot	10,604 km2 (4,094.2 sq mi)
	Indwallers (2006)
- Tot	1,076,896
- Densitie	101.6/km2 (263/sq mi)
- Pop. rank	13t
- Percent	2.4% o Spain
ISO 3166-2	O
Offeecial leids	Spainyie (Asturian haes special status)
Statute o Autonomy	11 Januar 1982
Parliament	45 deputies
Congress seats	8 (o 350)
Senate seats	6 (o 264)
Wabsteid	Gobierno del Principado de Asturias

Asturias (Inglis /əˈstʊriəs/, /əˈstjʊəriəs/, /ɑːˈstʊərjəs/), offeecially the Principality o Asturias (Spainyie: Principado de Asturias [pɾinθiˈpaðo ðe asˈtuɾjas]; Template:Lang-ast [pɾinθiˈpaw ðasˈtuɾjes]), is an autonomous commonty o Spain. It is coextensive wi the province o Asturias, an contains nearly aw o the territory that wis pairt o the Kinrick o Asturias in the Middle Ages. The autonomous commonty o Asturias is bordered bi Cantabrie tae the east, bi Castile an León tae the sooth, bi Galicie tae the wast, an bi the Bay o Biscay tae the north.

The maist important ceeties are the communal caipital, Oviedo (Uviéu), the seaport an lairgest ceety Gijón (Xixón), an the industrial toun o Avilés. Ither popular municipalities include Cangas de Onís (Cangues d'Onís), Cangas del Narcea, Gozón, Grado (Grau), Langreo (Llangréu), Laviana (Llaviana), Lena (Ḷḷena), Llanes, Mieres, Siero, Valdés, Vegadeo (A Veiga) an Villaviciosa (see an aw Leet o municipalities an comarcas in Asturias).

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