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Sayago
Sayago is a ''comarca'' (county, but with no administrative role) in the province of Zamora in central Spain. Geography The ''comarca'' is located at the southwest of the Zamora Province. The main geographical characteristic is the isolation caused by the Douro and Tormes rivers canyons. Its borders are, consequently, well defined, specially to the north (Douro canyon separates Sayago from Aliste comarca), to the west (Douro canyon separates Sayago from Portugal) and to the south (Tormes canyon and Almendra Dam separate Sayago from the province of Salamanca). East is the less marked border, which makes communications easy with Tierra del Pan and Zamora, the capital city of the province of Zamora. Douro canyons are especially deep in the stretch shared with Portugal, as the erosion found better conditions to act than in previous zones. That has been the cause for the relatively low relations between the ''comarca'' and Portugal. The canyons have been used to build some re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bermillo De Sayago
Bermillo de Sayago () is a municipality located in the Zamora (province), province of Zamora, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2009 census (Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain), INE), the municipality has a population of 1,259 inhabitants. It works as the territorial capital of Sayago, leading this Comarcas of Castile and León, comarca but with no official status. Its central position and the fact of a clearly higher population have given the town this role. Furthermore, the municipalities association ''Sayagua'' has its headquarters in Bermillo. This organization is a ''mancomunidad'' that supplies services like recycling or water through the ''Comarcas of Castile and León, comarca'' of Sayago that could not be afforded by the so-little towns in the area. Geographically, its landscape is a peneplain, as the rest of Sayago (except Arribes del Duero Natural Park, Duero canyons, that are relatively far away Bermillo). See also * Arribes del Duero Natural Park ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
