Cangas de Onís, Asturias, Spain

History | Geography : Vegetation | Economy | Parishes

🇪🇸 Cangas de Onís is a municipality in the eastern part of the province and autonomous community of Asturias in the north-west of Spain. The capital of the municipality is also Cangas de Onís. More than seventy square km of the conceyu form part of the Parque nacional de los Picos de Europa.

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History 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 after the Islamic conquest, marks the starting-point of the Reconquista. Cangas de Onís is the site of the first church constructed in post-conquest Iberia, Santa Cruz de Cangas de Onís (737), built on an ancient dolmen.

A parish named Cangas de Onís is attested for the 14th century. The stone bridge across the Sella River was built in the 14th or 15th century.

Cangas de Onís was represented in the Junta General of the principality of Asturias in 1504. Covadonga began to be developed as a pilgrimage site in the 16th century, attracting commerce. The settlement of Cangas de Onís grew rapidly in the mid 19th century. A meteorite fall is recorded for the year 1866.

Cangas de Onís/Cangues d'Onís was bombarded several times in the Spanish Civil War. It served as the seat of the Regional Council in the "pre-autonomous regime" of 1978–1981 prior to the entering into force of the Statute of Autonomy of the Principality of Asturias on 31 January 1982.

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Geography: Vegetation Given its varied height it has many types of plants, including many mountain shrubs, heather; oak, have and ash trees, rounded by grassland and copes.

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Economy The main economic activities of this region are agriculture and cattle rearing along with rural tourism. The nearby Covadonga Sanctuary and its surrounding lakes are one of the main tourist destinations in Asturias.

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Parishes Cangas de Onís is divided in eleven parishes: • Abamia • Cangas de Onís • Con • Covadonga • Grazanes • Labra • Margolles • La Riera • Triongo • Villanueva • Zardón.

The capital of the municipality is the parish of Cangas de Onís. It is 27.22 km² (10.51 sq mi) in size. The postal code is 33550 and is divided in several villages: • Cañu • Cabielles • Cangues • Cardes • Celangu • Ḥelgueres • Llueves • Ñarciandi • Ñeda • Onao • Següencu • Torió • Tornín.

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Cangas de Onís has a population of over 4,326 people. Cangas de Onís also forms part of the wider Oriente District which has a population of over 53,203 people. It is also a part of the larger Asturias Principality. Cangas de Onís is situated 75 km south-east of Gijón.

Twin Towns - Sister Cities Cangas de Onís has links with:

🇲🇽 León, Mexico
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Antipodal to Cangas de Onís is: 174.873,-43.349

Locations Near: Cangas de Onís -5.12695,43.3485

🇪🇸 Gijón -5.7,43.533 d: 50.6  

🇪🇸 Oviedo -5.848,43.363 d: 58.3  

🇪🇸 Avilés -5.921,43.559 d: 68.2  

🇪🇸 León -5.572,42.597 d: 91.1  

🇪🇸 Torrelavega -4.049,43.351 d: 87.2  

🇪🇸 La Bañeza -5.9,42.283 d: 134.2  

🇪🇸 Santander -3.81,43.462 d: 107.1  

🇪🇸 Palencia -4.539,42.01 d: 156.4  

🇪🇸 Laredo -3.412,43.412 d: 138.7  

🇪🇸 Valladolid -4.732,41.654 d: 191.2  

Antipodal to: Cangas de Onís 174.873,-43.349

🇳🇿 Wellington 174.767,-41.283 d: 19785.3  

🇳🇿 Hutt 174.917,-41.217 d: 19778  

🇳🇿 Lower Hutt 174.917,-41.217 d: 19778  

🇳🇿 Porirua 174.84,-41.131 d: 19768.5  

🇳🇿 Upper Hutt 175.05,-41.133 d: 19768.3  

🇳🇿 Christchurch 172.617,-43.517 d: 19832  

🇳🇿 Masterton 175.664,-40.95 d: 19740.5  

🇳🇿 Nelson 173.284,-41.269 d: 19749.5  

🇳🇿 Richmond 173.183,-41.333 d: 19751.5  

🇳🇿 Palmerston North 175.61,-40.357 d: 19676.9  

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