What is "collado"

Collado (Collao) is a parish (administrative division) in Siero, a municipality within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain. The parish is located on Highway AS-113.

It is in size, and is situated at an elevation of above sea level. The population is 488 ( INE 2006). The postal code is 33518.

Collado and other nearby parishes, such as Lieres and Carbayín, are historically associated with Andalusian mining.

Collado may refer to:

People:

• Diego Collado (died 1638), Christian missionary born in Miajadas, Extremadura, Spain
  • Diego Collado's Grammar of the Japanese Language, description of the Japanese language published in 1632
• Norberto Collado Abreu (1921–2008), the Cuban captain and helmsman of the yacht Granma which ferried Fidel Castro to Cuba from Mexico in 1956
• José Antonio Collado Herrera (born 1990), Spanish footballer

Places:

• Collado (Cáceres), municipality in the province of Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain
• Collado de Contreras, municipality in the province of Ávila, Castile and León, Spain
• Collado del Mirón, municipality in the province of Ávila, Castile and León, Spain
• Collado Hermoso, municipality in the province of Segovia, Castile and León, Spain
• Collado Mediano, town in Spain
• Collado Villalba, municipality in the Community of Madrid, Spain
• Hoyos del Collado, municipality in the province of Ávila, Castile and León, Spain
• Santiago del Collado, municipality in the province of Ávila, Castile and León, Spain
• Collado Beach (Playa de Collado), located 3 miles (5 km) south of the old city of Veracruz, Mexico, site of the landing of the American army of Winfield Scott at the beginning of his Mexico City Campaign during the Mexican American War.

Other:

• El Collado Formation, geological formation in Cuenca, Spain whose strata date back to the Early Cretaceous
• UD Collado Villalba, football team based in Collado Villalba, Madrid