Iglesia de Santa María Magdalena de Cangas del Narcea

Cangas del Narcea is the oldest

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in the Principality of

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. It is also the largest municipality in Asturias. It is in the southwest of Asturias, on the Asturian border with León. Formerly, Cangas del Narcea was known as Cangas de Tineo ( Asturian: Cangas de Tinéu). Cangas del Narcea is also the name of the municipality's

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, and one of the judicial districts in Asturias.

Geography

Parishes

Cangas del Narcea is divided into 54

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Protected areas

Muniellos Wood, a

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which lies within Cangas del Narcea and

Ibias Ibias is a municipality in the Autonomous Community of the Principality of Asturias, Spain. It is bordered on the north by Allande and A Fonsagranda and Negueira (in the Province of Lugo, Galicia); on the east by Degaña and Cangas de Narcea ...

, is the core area of the

Muniellos Biosphere Reserve The Muniellos Nature Reserve (Spanish: ''Reserva natural integral de Muniellos)'' is a protected area of woodland in Asturias, Spain. The area of the nature reserve is . The main species of tree is oak: it has been described as probably the best pr ...

(designated by

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in 2000 and later extended). In 2002 a new natural park was created, the

Natural Park of Fuentes del Narcea, Degaña, and Ibias Nature, in the broadest sense, is the physical world or universe. "Nature" can refer to the phenomena of the physical world, and also to life in general. The study of nature is a large, if not the only, part of science. Although humans are p ...

(''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

Geography

Parishes

Protected areas

Politics

Demography

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