- Salas
Infobox Asturian municipality
capital =Salas
population =6,310
year =2005
population rank =
population percentage =0.58
density =28.17
area =224
highest point = El Aguión, 923
parishes =28
party =PSOE
mayor =José Manuel Menéndez Fernádez
website =http://www.ayto-salas.es/Salas (also known as San Martin de Salas) [cite web
url= http://www.ayto-salas.es/
title= Official site of the municipality of Salas (Spanish) ] is a town and "concejo" (municipality) in thePrincipality of Asturias . It lies on the road fromSan Sebastián toSantiago de Compostela , and on a small subtributary of theriver Narcea . It is bordered on the north by Valdés,Cudillero andPravia , to south byBelmonte de Miranda , to the east byPravia ,Candamo and Grado, and to the west byTineo and Valdés.Salas is a mountainous region in which coal-mining and agriculture are the principal industries. The products of this region are sent for export to
Cudillero , a small harbour on theBay of Biscay .There are several buildings of importance is salas, the "Palacio de Valdés" and "Castillo de Salas" among others.
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