Asturias
region, Spain
Asturias
Asturias, officially Principality of Asturias, Spanish Principado de 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 Dec. 30, 1981. The capital is Oviedo. Area 4,094 square miles (10,604 square km). Pop. (2007 est.) 1,074,862.
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