Tineo

Tineo: town hall

Tineo, town, west-central Asturias provincia (province) and comunidad autónoma (autonomous community), northwestern Spain. It lies west of Oviedo city, on a tributary of the Narcea River in the Sierra de Tineo. Founded by the Romans, the town has a Benedictine monastery that was established in 780 by the Asturian king Silo I and reconstructed in the 16th century. Tineo is situated in a coal-mining and stock-raising district. Meat, dairy foods, and woods (chestnut and oak) are processed, and mineral ores are extracted there. Pop. (2008 est.) 3,735.