1. ASTURIAS
THE GREEN COAST OF SPAIN

2. CONTENTS
• GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY
• GASTRONOMY OF ASTURIAS
• FESTIVITIES
• TOURIST ATTRACTIONS
• FACTS AND FIGURES
• ECONOMY
• FAMOUS ASTURIANS

3. GEOGRAPHY
AND
HISTORY

4. GEOGRAPHY
• The principality of
Asturias is one of
the seventeen
autonomous
communities in Spain.
It has a wide variety
of landscapes, which
combine green and
rugged mountains,
white sand beaches,
rocky beaches, and a
vast extension of
green and natural
landscape.

5. HISTORY
• 1-Roman period (29-91
BC) Roman bridge in
Cangas de Onís
• 2-Resistance to
Muslims.The battle of
Covadonga,and Pelayo,
the most important
soldier.
• 3-Declaration of
"principality of
Asturias" 1388.
• 4-1934: the rebellion
in the coal mines and
the miners revolution

6. GASTRONOMY OF
ASTURIAS
• Fabada is the typical
dish of Asturias.
• Sidra and seafood are
also typical.
• The food is
homemade.

7. THE REGIONAL HOLIDAY OF
ASTURIAS IS SEPTEMBER 8TH. .
• It honors our lady
Covadonga, patron
of Asturias

8. OTHER IMPORTANT
HOLIDAYS
• Oviedo: 19th September.
• Gijón: 15th August.
• Avilés: 28th August.

9. TOURIST ATTRACTIONS IN
ASTURIAS

10. GETTING TO KNOW THE
• Luarca
WEST
– Beautiful fishing village
– Famous graveyard. Ramón y Cajal buried there
• Castropol
– Beach of Peñarronda
• Presence of unique plant species
– Santiago church
• Until the nineteenth century it was a pilgrim´s hospital
• Tineo
– Inland village with palaces and well-preserved houses

11. GETTING TO KNOW THE
• Oviedo, the Capital CENTRE
– Prerromanic churches in Monte Naranco
• Cudillero
– Fishing village with beautiful harbour
• Avilés, our home town
– Important old town centre with bars, night life
– Galiana and Rivero are important streets
• Gijón
– Most populated town
– Important summer festivals

12. GETTING TO KNOW THE
• Covadonga
EAST
• The church of Covadonga
• The Cave of Covadonga
• Picos de Europa
• Famous trekking paths
• Ribadesella
• Beaches and row boats
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13. FACTS AND FIGURES

14. ASTURIAS IN FIGURES
• Total population: 1.075.381
• Surface area: 10564 km² (2,1% of national surface)
• Women: 559.570
• Men: 515.292
• Number of companies: 72.276
• Most populated city: Avilés (3107,8 hab./m ² )
• Oviedo-Gijón-Avilés: 53,4% of Asturias population

15. FUN FACTS
• Airport with most flights cancelled by fog (0,55%)
• Highest percentage of road sections with high risk of accidents
• Community with the third lowest percentage of foreigners (3,04%)
• Highest percentage of crimes solved in Spain (61,8%)
• The average percentage of computers Asturias (42,6%)
• Gijon is the fifteenth largest city in Spain

16. • Oviedo is the twenty-second largest city in Spain
• Australia is the country from which most products are
imported (474 millions €)
• Germany is the country to which most products are
exported (596,85 millions €)

17. ECONOMY
• The economy of Asturias
has a declining primary
sector which employs 20%
of the active population
with beef production,
agriculture (corn, potatoes
and apples) and fishing.
• The mining of coal remains
significant, but it is not as
important as it once was.

18. ECONOMY
• The secondary sector
employs 33% of the
active population, and
includes steel, food,
shipyards, weapons,
chemicals,
transportation
equipment , and so on.

19. ECONOMY
• The tertiary sector
includes 53% of the
working population
and is on the rise. It is
responsible for the
concentration of
population in urban
areas and the
importance that
tourism has acquired
in the region in recent
years.

20. FAMOUS ASTURIANS
Fernando Alonso,
formula one racing
driver. 2005 and 2006
world champion.
Letizia, Princess of
Asturias, wife of Prince
Philip.
Severo Ochoa, 1959
novel prize winner for
pgisiology and medicine.