Asturias, an autonomous community in Spain, is divided into eight comarcas. These comarcas are not an administrative division of the autonomous community, and are only used as a system to homogenize the statistical data made by the Principality of Asturias. The comarcas in Spain are a grouping of municipalities that are encouraged (but not required) to work together to achieve objectives. Comarca is a Spanish word roughly equivalent to the English word county. List of comarcas of Asturias The comarcas of Asturias are listed here, each with its Spanish-language name first, followed by its Asturian-language name if that differs: Avilés Caudal Eo-Navia Gijón / Xixón Nalón Narcea Oriente Oviedo / Uviéu See also Comarcas of Spain es:Comarcas de Asturias