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Encyclopedia > Avilés
Avilés
In politics a capital (also called capital city or political capital — although the latter phrase has an alternative meaning based on an alternative meaning of capital) is the principal city or town associated with its government. It is almost always the city which physically encompasses the offices and meeting... Capital Avilés
This article explains the meaning of area as a physical quantity. The article area (geometry) is more mathematical. Area is a quantity expressing the size of a region of space. Surface area refers to the summation of the areas of the exposed sides of an object. Units Units for measuring... Area
 - total
 - % of Asturias
... Ranked 71st
25.34 Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. It is one of the SI derived units. 1 km² is equal to: the area of a square measuring 1 kilometre on each side 1 000 000 m2 100 hectares 0.386 102 square miles... km²
0.24%
In the most common sense of the word, a population is the collection of people—or organisms of a particular species—living in a given geographic area. Population is studied in a wide variety of ways and disciplines. In population dynamics, size, age and sex structure, mortality, reproductive... Population
 - total
 - % of Asturias
 - For other meanings of density, see density (disambiguation) Density (symbol: ρ - Greek: rho) is a measure of mass per unit of volume. The higher an objects density, the higher its mass per volume. The average density of an object equals its total mass divided by its total volume. A... Density
Data from INE (Statistic National Institute), 2004 ... Ranked 3rd
83,185 (2004)
7.8%
3.282,75 inhab/km²
Denomyn
 - The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. It is the third most common first language (native speakers), with around 402 million people in 2002. English has lingua franca status in many parts of the world, due to the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence... English
 - This article is about the international language known as Spanish. For other languages spoken in Spain see Languages of Spain. Spanish or Castilian is an Iberian Romance language, and the third or fourth most spoken language in the world. It is spoken as a first language by about 352 million... Spanish

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avilesino or avilense
Mayor Santiago Rodríguez Vega ( The Spanish Socialist Workers Party (Partido Socialista Obrero Español or PSOE) is one of the main parties of Spain. It is a social democratic party, a member of the Socialist International. José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero in a meeting in San Sebastián It has... PSOE)
Town councillors 24 seats + the Mayor
A political party is a political organization subscribing to a certain ideology or formed around very special issues. In party-list proportional representation, parties (and sometimes multi-party cartels) can play a functional role in the voting system. Individuals who are members of political parties defend the partys values... Political Parties
(elections of 2003)
10 seats PSOE: The Spanish Socialist Workers Party (Partido Socialista Obrero Español or PSOE) is one of the main parties of Spain. It is a social democratic party, a member of the Socialist International. José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero in a meeting in San Sebastián It has... PSOE
4 seats IU: United Left is the name of a political party in various countries Argentina - United Left Austria - United Left (defunct) Peru - United Left Spain - United Left See also: List of political parties. This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same... United Left
10 seats PP: The Peoples Party, Popular Party, or Populist Party, is any of several political parties claiming to speak for the people; see Populism. Peoples Parties in various countries run the gamut from left to right. Translations into English of the names of the various countries parties are not always... Popular Party
1 seat ASIA Group
Municipality of Avilés (http://www.ayto-aviles.es/welcome.htm)

Avilés is the 3rd most important city of Capital Oviedo Area  - total  - % of Spain Ranked 10th 10 604 km² 2,1% Population  - Total (2003)  - % of Spain  - Density Ranked 12th 1 056 789 2,5% 99,65/km² Demonym  - English  - Spanish Asturian asturiano/a, astur Statute of Autonomy January 11, 1982 ISO... Asturias. Situated in the estuary of Avilés west of Peñas Cape, it has an important national Categories: Stub | Commercial item transport and distribution | Transportation ... seaport and an important Industry - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes.css; @import /skins/monobook/IE55Fixes.css; @import /skins/monobook/IE60Fixes.css; /**/ Industry From Wikipedia An industry is generally any grouping of businesses that share a common method of generating profits, such as the movie industry, the automobile industry, or the cattle industry. It is... industry.

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History

In the last of 19 (nineteen) is the natural number following 18 and preceding 20. In mathematics Nineteen is the 8th smallest prime number. The sequence continues 23, 29, 31, 37... 19 is the seventh Mersenne prime exponent. It is also a Keith number, because it recurs in a Fibonacci-like sequence started from... XIX century, Avilés began to received the impact of industrialization, but only in middle XX can mean more than one thing: For the Roman numeral XX, see 20 (number) For XX chromosomes, see XY sex-determination system See also XXXX, XXX, X This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. If an... XX century it began to transformed. The Spanish Glassworks Company (Cristalería Española) established in Avilés in 1940 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). Events January-February January 5 - FM radio is demonstrated to the FCC for the first time. January 6 - World War II: Mass execution of Poles, committed by Germans in the Poznan, Warthegau. January 12 - World War... 1940 and in 1946 was a common year starting on Tuesday. (see link for calendar) Events January January 4 - Theodore Schurch becomes the last person to be executed for offences committed under the Treachery Act of 1940 January 7 - Allied recognize Austrian republic with 1937 borders - the country is divided into four occupation... 1946 was established the first plant of aluminium in San Juan de Nieva and later other plant in Avilés. The great steel plant of Aboño, ENSIDESA (now Aceralia), was the culmination of this process of industrialization.


In the last of XX can mean more than one thing: For the Roman numeral XX, see 20 (number) For XX chromosomes, see XY sex-determination system See also XXXX, XXX, X This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. If an... XX century other chemical plant established in the region: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (NYSE: DD) was founded in July 1802 as a gun powder mill by Eleuthère Irénée du Pont on Brandywine Creek, near Wilmington, Delaware. Du Pont later evolved into one of the worlds largest chemical companies, and in the... Du Pont. In the last ten years of this century, the population of Avilés was decreased because of the crisis and the restructuring in the steel sector.


Architecture

Culture

Sports

  • Real Avilés Industrial is a Spanish football team from Avilés in Asturias. It was founded in 1983, when two teams, Club Deportivo Ensidesa and Real Avilés C.F. merged. The team currently plays in the Tercera División. Kit is white shirts with... Real Avilés Industrial C.F., S.A.D. (3rd division league)
  • Ath. Avilés (regional league)

Feast and Traditions

  • Antroxu (Carnival)
  • Feast of the Bollu (the bollu is a local traditional kind of cake)

Other cities in the municipality

  • La Carriona
  • Llaranes
  • Miranda
  • San Cristóbal
  • Villalegre

Links

  • Municipality of Avilés (http://www.ayto-aviles.es//welcome.htm)





 
Municipalities of Capital Oviedo Area  - total  - % of Spain Ranked 10th 10 604 km² 2,1% Population  - Total (2003)  - % of Spain  - Density Ranked 12th 1 056 789 2,5% 99,65/km² Demonym  - English  - Spanish Asturian asturiano/a, astur Statute of Autonomy January 11, 1982 ISO... Asturias
Asturias flag, created by Montrealais and converted to .png by Evil saltine. I constructed this image according to the technical specifications for the Asturias flag, available here. This flag is heraldically identical to the official version but is not visually identical to it. If permission could be gotten to use...
Allande | Aller | Council of Amieva to borders of the Sella river, within the National Park of the Tips of Europe, with pretty places easy to accede and to remember. Amieva is located to 5 minutes of Cangas de Onís, within the National P. and with good communications to access in... Amieva | Avilés | Belmonte de Miranda | Bimenes | Boal,_Asturias | Cabrales | Cabranes | Candamo | Cangas de Onis is a city in the eastern end of the province and autonomous community Asturias in the northwest of Spain. Cangas de Onis is the ancient capital of the Kingdom of Asturias. It lies on the Sella River, which is there spanned by a medieval-era Roman bridge... Cangas de Onís | Cangas del Narcea | Caravia | Carreño | Caso | Castrillón | Castropol | Coaña | Colunga | Capital Nubledo Area  - total  - % of Asturias Ranked 63rd 45.47 km² 0.43% Population  - total  - % of Asturias  - Density Ranked 10th 15,885 (2004) 1.49% 349.35 inhab/km² Denomyn  - English  - Spanish ?? corverano Mayor Luis Belarmino Moro Suárez (USPC) Town councillors 16... Corvera de Asturias | Cudillero | Degaña | Franco, El | Capital Gijón Area  - total  - % of Asturias Ranked 22nd 181.7 km² 1.71% Population  - total  - % of Asturias  - Density Ranked 1st 266,419 (2004) 25.06% 1466.26 inhab/km² Denomyn  - English  - Spanish ?? gijoneses Mayor Paz Fernández Felgueroso... Gijón | Gozón | Grado can refer to: a municipality in the province and autonomous community of Asturias, Spain. See Grado, Spain. a town in Italy next to the site of the ancient town of Aquileia. See Grado, Italy. a manufacturer of headphones. See Grado (headphone manufacturer). This is a disambiguation page — a... Grado | Grandas de Salime | Ibias | Illano | Illas | Langreo | Laviana | Lena | Llanera | Llanes coast near Cue Llanes (the Concejo de Llanes) is an administrative district of the province of Asturias, in northern Spain. Stretching for about 30km along the coast at the extreme east of the province, Llanes is bounded to the south by the high ridge of the limestone Sierra del... Llanes | Capital Mieres Area  - total  - % of Asturias Ranked 24th 146.03 km² 1.38% Population  - total  - % of Asturias  - Density Ranked 5th 47,719 (2004) 4.49% 326.78 inhab/km² Denomyn  - English  - Spanish ?? mierenses Mayor Luis María García García (PSOE) Town... Mieres | Morcín | Muros de Nalón | Nava | Navia | Noreña | Onís | Capital Oviedo Area  - total  - % of Asturias Ranked 21st 184.32 km² 1.7% Population  - total  - % of Asturias  - Density Ranked 2nd 213,600 (3/2005) ±19.2% ±1101,01 inhab/km² Denomyn  - English  - Spanish ?? ovetense, carbayón Mayor D... Oviedo | Parres | Peñamellera Alta | Peñamellera Baja | Pesoz | Piloña | Punga (or ponga) is a large native tree fern of New Zealand. The term punga is used a generic term for tree fern logs when used for landscaping purposes. The Silver fern is the fern which is most commonly referred to as a ponga The koru symbol found in Maori... Ponga | Pravia | Proaza | Quirós | Regueras, Las | Ribadedeva | Ribadesella | Ribera de Arriba | Riosa | Salas | San Martín de Oscos | San Martín del Rey Aurelio | San Tirso de Abres | Santa Eulalia de Oscos | Santo Adriano | Sariego | Capital Pola de Siero Area  - total  - % of Asturias Ranked 17th 211.60 km² 2.0% Population  - total  - % of Asturias  - Density Ranked 4th 47,890 (2002) 4.5% 226,32 inhab/km² Denomyn  - English  - Spanish ??   Mayor D. Juan José Corrales Montequín (Spanish... Siero | Sobrescobio | Somiedo | Soto del Barco | Tapia de Casariego | Taramundi | Teverga | Tineo | Valdés | Vegadeo | Villanueva de Oscos | Villaviciosa | Villayón | Yernes y Tameza


 

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