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Asturias
Asturias Llanes, in the autonomous community of Asturias, Spain.

Asturias

region, Spain
Also known as: Principado de Asturias, Principality of Asturias(Show More)
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Vicente Rodriguez
Research Scientist, Instituto de Economía y Geografía, Madrid, Spain. Co-author of Northern Europeans and the Mediterranean: A New California or a New Florida?; Southern Europe and the New Migrations...
Vicente Rodriguez
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Asturias, comunidad autónoma (autonomous community) and historic region of Spain that is coextensive with the northwestern Spanish provincia (province) of Asturias. It is bounded by the autonomous communities of Cantabria to the east, Castile-León to the south, and Galicia to the west. The Cantabrian Sea lies to the north. The autonomous community of Asturias was established by the statute of autonomy of December 30, 1981. The capital is Oviedo. Area 4,094 square miles (10,604 square...

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