Salas

For the municipality in the province of Burgos, see Salas de los Infantes.

For the Chilean football player, see Marcelo Salas

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.

Parroquías (parishes)

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.

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