Salas
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- For the municipality in the province of Burgos, see Salas de los Infantes.
- For the Chilean football player, see Marcelo Salas
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 Principality of Asturias |
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| Demonym • Spanish |
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| Capital | Salas | ||||
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| Parishes | 28 | ||||
| Population (2005) • Total • Density • % of Asturias |
Rank: 6,310 inhabitants 28.17 people/km² 0.58 % |
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Rank: n/a 224 km² |
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| Highest point | El Aguión, 923 m | ||||
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| Mayor | José Manuel Menéndez Fernádez (PSOE) | ||||
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| 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.
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This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
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