Cangas de Onís
Cangues d'Onís

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Principality of Asturias
Demonym  • Spanish	Cangués
Capital	Cangas de Onís
Coordinates	43°21′N, 5°8′W
Judicial district	Cangas de Onís
Parishes	11
Population (2005)  • Total  • Density  • % of Asturias	Rank: 25 6,574 inhabitants 31. The Principality of Asturias ( Spanish: Principado de Asturias, Asturian: Principáu d'Asturies or Asturies) is an A demonym or gentilic is a word that denotes the members of a People or the inhabitants of a place A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. A parish as an Administrative division of several countries. In England and in one American state ( Louisiana) it is sometimes called In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume Data from INE (Statistic National Institute 2004 30 people/km² 0. 61 %
Area  • Total  • % of Asturias	Rank: 16 210 km² 1. Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 98 %
Highest point	Peña Santa 2,478 m
Postcode	33547 to 33559
Mayor	Alfredo García Álvarez (PSOE)
Town council
Political parties
Website	http://www.cangasdeonis.com

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Cangas de Onís (Asturian: Cangues d'Onís) is a municipality in the eastern part of the province and autonomous community of Asturias in the northwest of Spain. Asturian (Asturian Asturianu or Bable) is a Romance language of the West Iberian group, Astur-Leonese Subgroup, spoken in the The Principality of Asturias ( Spanish: Principado de Asturias, Asturian: Principáu d'Asturies or Asturies) is an Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. The capital of the municipality is also Cangas de Onís.

More than seventy square kilometres of the concejo form part of the Parque nacional de los Picos de Europa. The Picos de Europa (literally "Peaks of Europe" is a range of Mountains some 20 km inland from the northern coast of Spain, located in the Autonomous Within the park is the village of Covadonga, where the battle of Covadonga (about 722), the first major victory by a Christian military force in Iberia, marks the starting-point of the Reconquista. Covadonga - ( Asturian: Cuadonga) from Latin Cova Dominica, "Cavern of the Lady" Arabic: صخرة بلاي Ṣakhraḧ Bilāy The Battle of Covadonga was the first major victory by a Christian military Force in Iberia following the Muslim Moors ' conquest of Christianity ( Greek Χριστιανισμός from the word Xριστός ( Christ)is a monotheistic Religion centered on the life and teachings In Physics, a force is whatever can cause an object with Mass to Accelerate. The Iberian Peninsula, or Iberia, is located in the extreme southwest of Europe, and includes modern day Spain, Portugal, Andorra The Reconquista (a Spanish and Portuguese word for "Reconquest" Arabic: الاسترداد, "Recapturing" was a period

Until 774, Cangas de Onís was the capital of the Kingdom of Asturias. The Kingdom of Asturias was the first Christian political entity to be established in the Iberian peninsula after the collapse of the Visigothic

External links

• Guía turística (Spanish)
• www.cangasdeonis.com (Spanish)
• Cangas de Onís (Spanish)
• Casa Rural (Spanish)
• Cangas de Onís