El Astillero
El Astillero (Inglis: "The Shipyard") is a toun an municipality in the province an autonomous commonty o Cantabrie, northren Spain. It is near the province caipital, Santander, an it is kent for its shipyard, an for hauldin the title o Spain Rowin Championships. Its location is determined geographically bi the estuars that surroond it: the majority o uised, an the estuar o Carmen an the Shipyard (Bay o Santander) an is locatit atween the municipalities o Camargo, who umwhile belangit El Astillero, Villaescusa, Piélagos, Environs an Marine Cudeyo Cudeyo. Locatit at the fuit o Peña Cabarga, is locatit 7.5 kilometers frae the caipital o the commonty, Santander, an is 20 meters abuin the sea level.
El Astillero | |
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  El Astillero Location in Spain | |
| Coordinates: 43°24′6″N 3°49′10″W / 43.40167°N 3.81944°W | |
| Kintra |  Spain |
| Autonomous commonty |  Cantabrie |
| Province | Cantabrie |
| Comarca | Bay o Santander |
| Judicial destrict | Santander |
| Caipital | El Astillero |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor | Carlos Cortina Ceballos (2007) (PP) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 6.83 km2 (2.64 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 20 m (70 ft) |
| Population (2009) | |
| • Total | 17,360 |
| • Density | 2,500/km2 (6,600/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Astillerenses |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 39610 |
| Website | Offeecial wabsteid |
The confluence o the rivers an the coast o the bay is a lairge expanse o wetlands whaur they nest throuoot the year various migratory birds. The municipality covers a aurie o 6.80 km.
Touns
eedit- El Astillero (caipital)
- Guarnizo
Twin touns
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Chiclana de la Frontera, Spain