Miengo

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Miengo
Municipality
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Location of Miengo
Miengo Location in Spain
Coordinates: 43°25′41″N 3°59′28″W / 43.42806°N 3.99111°W / 43.42806; -3.99111
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Cantabria
Province	Cantabria
Comarca	Santander
Judicial district	Torrelavega
Capital	Miengo
Government
• Alcalde	Avelino Cuartas Coz
Area
• Total	24.50 km2 (9.46 sq mi)
Elevation	11 m (36 ft)
Population  (2018)[1]
• Total	4,713
• Density	190/km2 (500/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Miengo is a municipality in Cantabria, Spain.^[2]

Geography

Miengo is situated in the central coast of Cantabria, between the Ría de San Martín de la Arena and the Ría de Mogro. Miengo has five beaches: Cuchía, Los Caballos, Usgo, Robayera and Usil; and two "calas": Las Monedas y El Huevo Frito. The natural limits of Miengo are the river Pas (east), the Ria de San Martin de la Arena (east) and the Cantabric sea (north). Miengo has border with the municipalities of Polanco, Pielagos, Liencres and Suances.

Population

Miengo has 4.540 in six villages:

• Bárcena de Cudón, 302.
• Cuchía, 745.
• Cudón, 532.
• Gornazo, 136.
• Miengo (Capital), 1.329.
• Mogro, 1.396.

Government

Avelino Cuartas (People's Party) is the actual mayor of Miengo, since 1995.^[3]

Economy

6,1% of the population of Miengo works in agriculture, 38,5% works in industry and 55,4% works in services. The unemployment rate is 11,4%.

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