Cangas del Narcea is the oldest municipality in the Principality of Asturias in Spain. It is also the largest municipality in Asturias.
It is in the southwest of Asturias, on the Asturian border with León. Until 1927, Cangas del Narcea was known as Cangas de Tineo (Asturian: Cangas de Tinéu).
Cangas del Narcea is also the name of the municipality's capital, and one of the judicial districts in Asturias.
Geography Parishes Cangas del Narcea is divided into 54 parishes:
Adralés Augüera'l Coutu Ambres Bergame Berguñu Bisuyu Bimeda Cangas del Narcea Carballo Carceda Castañedo Cibea Cibuyo Corias Coto (in Asturian, Abanceña) Cueras Entreviñas Fuentes de Corbeiro Gedrez Genestoso Gillón Jarceley Larna Larón Leitariegos Limés Linares del Acebo Maganes Mieldes Monasterio de Hermo Las Montañas Naviego Noceda de Rengos Oubachu Obanca Onón Piñera Porley Posada de Rengos La Regla de Perandones San Julián de Arbás San Martín de Sierra San Pedro de Arbás San Pedro de Coliema Santiago de Sierra Tainás Tebongo Trones Vega de Rengos Vegalagar Villacibrán Villaláez Villarmental Villategil
Protected areas Muniellos Wood, a nature reserve which lies within Cangas del Narcea and Ibias, is the core area of the Muniellos Biosphere Reserve (designated by UNESCO in 2000 and later extended). In 2002 a new natural park was created, the Natural Park of Fuentes del Narcea, Degaña, and Ibias (Parque Natural de Fuentes del Narcea, Degaña e Ibias), an area of 550 km2 (212 sq mi). The natural park provides the core area of the biosphere reserve with a buffer zone. The park's formation prompted legal action by landowners, but a management plan for the protected area was approved in 2006.
The Muniellos Visitor Centre is in Cangas del Narcea.
Politics
PSOEPPPCE/IU-BAUCD/CDSURASUCAOthersTotal 19791329-5121 1983756---321 198710335--021 199111630--121 19958620--117 1999951-1-117 2003772-1-017 2007863-0-017 2011456-0-117
Demography
See also List of municipalities in Asturias
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