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Ponga, Asturias

Field	Value
name	Ponga
settlement_type	Municipality
official_name
native_name
image_skyline	17970001.JPG
image_flag	Bandera de Ponga.svg
image_shield	Escudo de Ponga.svg
image_map	Ponga.png
pushpin_map	Spain
pushpin_map_caption	Location in Spain
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Spain
subdivision_type1	Autonomous community
subdivision_name1	Asturias
subdivision_type2	Province
subdivision_name2	Asturias
subdivision_type3	Comarca
subdivision_name3	Oriente
subdivision_type4	Judicial district
subdivision_name4	Cangas de Onís
seat_type	Capital
seat	San Juan de Beleño
coordinates
elevation_max_m	2142
area_total_km2	205.98
established_title
population_as_of
population_footnotes
population_total
population_demonym	pongueto/a
population_density_km2	auto
blank_name_sec1	Official language(s)
timezone	CET
utc_offset	+1
timezone_DST	CEST
utc_offset_DST	+2
postal_code_type	Postal code
postal_code	33557
area_code_type	Dialing code
leader_title	Alcalde
leader_name	Cándido Vega Díaz
leader_party	Unión Asturianista

Ponga is a town and municipality in the province and autonomous community of Asturias, northwestern Spain. Its capital is San Juan de Beleño.

Ecology

Ponga has a natural park. “Ponga-Amieva” is also the name of a Special Protection Area for wild birds in the area.

History

Several archaeological remains show that the area was already inhabited in the Bronze Age. During Roman colonization, what is now Ponga belonged to the territory of Cantabria. The first documented reference of Ponga dates to the reign of Alfonso IX of León.

Parishes

There are nine parishes (administrative division):

Culture

Art

Among the most notable artistic attractions are in rural churches, including:

Church of Santa María de Tarañes (1779)
Church of Santa María de Viego
Church of San Juan de Beleño (17th century)
The Ermitas of Ventaniella and Arcenorio
Bucket Tower
Sobrefoz Palace
Spa Mestas

Holidays and festivals

January 1: Feast of Aguinaldo and Guirria, San Juan de Beleño (declared a regional Fiesta de Interés Turístico)
Carnival Saturday: Aguinaldo de Sellaño
Holy Saturday: Market in Trasiegu, Sobrefoz
May 13: Cheese contest and Ponga Beyos days, celebrating Beyos Cheese in San Ignacio
Around May 15: San Isidro Labrador, San Juan de Beleño
July 1: San Pedro, Sobrefoz
July 16: Nuestra Señora del Carmen, San Juan de Beleño
31 July: San Ignacio de Loyola and Carangas Beyos
August 4, 5 and 6: Nuestra Señora de las Nieves, Ladle and Sellaño
August 9: San Justo, Cadenava
August 10 and 11: San Lorenzo, Abiego
August 15 and 16: Our Lady, Tarañes and Viego
Last weekend of August: The Arándanu, Bedules
September 1: La Santina de Ventaniella, Ventaniella, celebrating Our Lady of Covadonga, patroness of Asturias (nicknamed “La Santina”)
September 8: La Santina de Arcenoriu, Arcenoriu
Last weekend in November: Gastronomic Days of Hunting, observed in the entire council

References

"This Spanish town will pay you thousands to move there". Time Out Worldwide.
"Ponga-Amieva".

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