Sovereign Council of Asturias and León
Unrecognized state in Spain (1936–37) during the Spanish Civil War / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Sovereign Council of Asturias and León (Spanish: Consejo Soberano de Asturias y León, Asturian: Conseyu Soberanu d'Asturies y Llión), was an unrecognized state in northern Spain during the Spanish Civil War. Proclaimed on 6 September 1936, it was self-declared sovereign on 24 August 1937, while the region was occupied on 20 October 1937 by Franco's military forces. Belarmino Tomás was the Sovereign Council's first and only President.[2] The capital of the short-lived state was Gijón.[3]
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Sovereign Council of Asturias and León Consejo Soberano de Asturias y León Conseyu Soberanu d'Asturies y Llión | |||||||||
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1936a[1]–1937 | |||||||||
Status | Unrecognized state | ||||||||
Capital | Gijón | ||||||||
Common languages | Asturian, Castilian | ||||||||
Government | Council republic | ||||||||
President | |||||||||
• 1936–1937 | Belarmino Tomás | ||||||||
Historical era | Spanish Civil War | ||||||||
• Established | 6 September 1936a[1] | ||||||||
• Legalized by the Second Spanish Republic government | 23 December 1936 | ||||||||
• Independence proclamation | 24 August 1937 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 21 October 1937 | ||||||||
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Today part of | Spain ∟Asturias | ||||||||
a. As the Interprovincial Council of Asturias and León |
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