Salas

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Salas
Flag of Salas Coat of arms of Salas
(In detail) (In detail)

Principality of Asturias
Demonym
 • Spanish


Capital Salas
Coordinates
Judicial district
Parishes 28
Population (2005)
 • Total
 • Density
 • % of Asturias
Rank:
6,310 inhabitants
28.17 people/km²
0.58 %
Area
 • Total
 • % of Asturias
Rank: n/a
224 km²
Highest point El Aguión, 923 m
Postcode
Mayor José Manuel Menéndez Fernádez (PSOE)
Town council
Political parties
Website http://www.ayto-salas.es/


Salas (also known as San Martin de Salas) [1] is a town and concejo (municipality) in the Principality of Asturias. It lies on the road from Tineo to Grado, and on a small subtributary of the river Narcea. It is bordered on the north by Valdés, Cudillero and Pravia, to south by Belmonte de Miranda, to the east by Pravia, Candamo and Grado, and to the west by Tineo and Valdés.

Salas is a mountainous region in which coal-mining and agriculture are the principal industries. The products of this region are sent for export to Cudillero, a small harbour on the Bay of Biscay.

There are several buildings of importance is salas, the Palacio de Valdés and Castillo de Salas among others.


[edit] Parroquías (parishes)

  • Alava
  • Ardesaldo
  • Bodenaya
  • Camuño
  • Cermoño
  • Cornellana
  • Godán
  • Idarga
  • La Espina
  • Laneo
  • Lavio
  • Linares
  • Mallecina
  • Malleza
  • Millara
  • Priero
  • Salas
  • San Antolín de Las Dorigas
  • San Esteban De Las Dorigas
  • San Justo de Las Dorigas
  • San Vicente
  • Santa Eulalia de Las Dorigas
  • Santiago De La Barca
  • Santullano
  • Soto De Los Infantes
  • Viescas
  • Villamar
  • Villazón

[edit] References

  1. ^ Official site of the municipality of Salas (Spanish).

This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.