Degaña
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Degaña is a municipality in the Autonomous Community of the Principality of Asturias, Spain
. It is bordered on the north by Cangas del Narcea
, on the south by the Autonomous Community of Castilla y León, and on the west by Ibias
. Degaña is also the name of one of the three parishes in the municipality.
It is one of Galician speaking
councils of Asturias
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
. It is bordered on the north by Cangas del Narcea
Cangas del Narcea
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...
, on the south by the Autonomous Community of Castilla y León, and on the west by Ibias
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 ; on the east by Degaña and Cangas de Narcea; on the south by Peranzais and Candín y on the west by A Fonsagrada and Navia de Suarna...
. Degaña is also the name of one of the three parishes in the municipality.
It is one of Galician speaking
Galician language
Galician is a language of the Western Ibero-Romance branch, spoken in Galicia, an autonomous community located in northwestern Spain, where it is co-official with Castilian Spanish, as well as in border zones of the neighbouring territories of Asturias and Castile and León.Modern Galician and...
councils of Asturias
Asturias
The Principality of Asturias is an autonomous community of the Kingdom of Spain, coextensive with the former Kingdom of Asturias in the Middle Ages...