Colunga

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Colunga


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Principality of Asturias

Demonym
• Spanish

Colunga

Judicial district

Population (2005)
• Total
• Density
• % of Asturias

Rank: 37
3,882 inhabitants
40.02 people/km²
0.36 %

Area
• Total
• % of Asturias

Rank: 36
97 km²
0.91 %

Highest point

Pico Pienzu 1,159 m

Postcode

33320 to 33340

Mayor

José Rogelio Pando (PSOE)

Town council

Political parties

Website

http://www.colungaturismo.com

Colunga is a municipality in the Autonomous Community of the Principality of Asturias, Spain. It lies on the Cantabrian Sea, and is bordered to the west by Villaviciosa, to the south by Parres and Piloña, and to the east by Caravia.

1 Parishes
2 Anchovy Beaching Incident
3 Notes
4 External links

[edit] Parishes

Carrandi
Colunga
Gobiendes
La Isla
La Llera

La Riera
Lastres
Libardón
Lue

Pernús
Pivierda
Sales
San Juan De Duz

[edit] Anchovy Beaching Incident

On Septembter 29th, 2006, millions of anchovies, constituting a weight of over three tons, had beached themselves near Colunga. Tests on the dead fish did not detect any toxic chemical that could have caused the beaching, and the current working theory is that the shoal beached itself trying to escape from "hungry dolphins or tuna." If the beached specimens had grown to maturity, it would have been more than "100 tons of potential breeders."^[1]

[edit] Notes

^ Millions of anchovies die on Spain beach AP, Sept. 29th, 2006

[edit] External links

www.llastres.com | foros de lastres (Spanish)
Federación Asturiana de Concejos(Spanish)
Portal sobre el concejo (Spanish)
14 rutas por colunga (Spanish)

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