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Colunga


FieldValue
nameColunga
settlement_typeMunicipality
official_name
native_name
image_flagFlag of Colunga.SVG
image_shieldEscudo de Colunga.svg
flag_size150
shield_size75
image_mapColunga.png
pushpin_mapSpain
pushpin_map_captionLocation in Spain
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameSpain
subdivision_type1Autonomous community
subdivision_name1Asturias
subdivision_type2Province
subdivision_name2Asturias
subdivision_type3Comarca
subdivision_name3Oriente
subdivision_type4Judicial district
subdivision_name4Villaviciosa
seat_typeCapital
seatColunga
coordinates
elevation_max_m1159
area_total_km297.57
established_title
population_as_of
population_footnotes
population_total
population_demonymcolungués / colunguesa
population_density_km2auto
blank_name_sec1Official language(s)
timezoneCET
utc_offset+1
timezone_DSTCEST
utc_offset_DST+2
postal_code_typePostal code
postal_code33320 - 33340
area_code_typeDialing code
leader_titleAlcalde
leader_nameJosé Rogelio Pando
leader_partyPSOE
website

Colunga () is a municipality in the Autonomous community of the Principality of Asturias, Spain. It lies on the Cantabrian Sea, and is bordered to the west by Villaviciosa, to the south by Parres and Piloña, and to the east by Caravia.

Politics

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Parishes

Parish of Colunga

The capital of the municipality is the parish with the same name. Its population is 1,132 (INE 2007) and it is divided in five villages: Cimavilla, El Ferreru, Friera, Loreto and El Sorriberu.

Demography

Anchovy beaching incident

On September 29, 2006, millions of anchovies, constituting a weight of over three tons, beached themselves near Colunga. Tests on the dead fish did not detect any toxic chemical that could have caused the beaching, and the current working theory is that the shoal beached itself trying to escape from "hungry dolphins or tuna." If the beached specimens had grown to maturity, it would have been more than "100 tons of potential breeders."

Notes

References

References

  1. [http://www.infoelectoral.mir.es/min/ Dirección General de Política Interior]
  2. [http://elecciones.mir.es/resultados2011/99MU/DMU0333904599_L1.htm?d=431&e=0 Elecciones Locales 2011]
  3. (2006-09-29). "Dead anchovies litter Spanish beaches".
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