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Principality
of Asturias
The Principality of Asturias is located to the
Northwest of the Iberian Peninsula, in the northern
slope of the Cantabric Mountains. It occupies
a narrow corridor from 15 to 80 Km wide for
200 of long, with a surface of 10.565 km2. Administratively
she is organised in 78 municipalities that they
receive the name of Town councils.
Their capital is Oviedo.
Three well-differentiated areas model the
landscape: the mountains, the valleys and
the coast. The region is limited to the South
for the Cantabric Mountains whose maximum
heights are in the Picks of Europe. The region
presents three well-differentiated areas.
The first one is the Westerner,
specialized in primary, fundamentally agricultural
type activities. The second is the Central
area, with two clearly differentiated subfields:
the northern one, of industrial mixed structure
- services; and the Caudal and Nalón
Valleys, of industrial structure and mining
coal. Finally, in the Oriental area, the primary
sector and the tertiary they provide the thick
of the employments with the same relevance.
Information:
Principality of Asturias |
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1995 |
1999 |
| G.N.P. (million €) |
10.859,60 |
13.438,32 |
| G.N.P.(€/inhabitant ) |
10.100
€ |
12.750
€ |
| Activity rate: |
42,33
% |
42,55
% |
| Occupation rate: |
33,79
% |
34,93
% |
| Unemployment rate: |
20,18
% |
17,92
% |
Sustainable Development (SD)
in Asturias
On 20th June 2002 a special Commission responsible
for SD was created in the Principality of
Asturias.
It is co-ordinated by
the Regional Ministry of Environment and there
are members of each Regional Ministries.There
are several Regional Ministries having horizontal
/cross competence:The Regional Ministry of Environment,
for environmental protection.
- The Regional Ministry
of Infrastructures and Land Policy, for
spatial planning.
- The Regional Ministry
of Health, for health matters.
- The Regional Ministry
of Social Affairs and the Regional Ministry
of Public Administrations and European
- Affairs because all the
both, equality opportunities policy and
youth policy, depend on them.
- The Regional Ministry
of Labour and Employment, for social cohesion
policy.
| Contact:
REGIONAL MINISTRY
FOR ENVIRONMENT
Coronel Aranda St. - 33071, Oviedo
Principality of Asturias (SPAIN)
María J. Martínez
Tel.:+34 985 - 66.85.31 / 30
Fax: +34 985 - 66.85.29
E-mail: mjesusmg@princast.es
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