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Sotrondio
Sotrondio, Spain.
San Martín del Rey Aurelio
Spain
Also known as: Sotrondio
San Martín del Rey Aurelio, municipio (municipality), in Asturias provincia (province) and comunidad autónoma (autonomous community), northwestern Spain. It lies in the mountains known as the Cordillera Cantábrica, just southeast of Oviedo city. The municipality takes its name from the tomb of Aurelio, an 8th-century king of Asturias, in the parish church of San Martín village. It is a coal-mining and stock-raising region with Sotrondio as its chief population centre. Pop. (2007 est.) mun., 19,115.
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