Alta Ribagorça () is one of the
comarques of
Catalonia
Catalonia (; ca, Catalunya ; Aranese Occitan: ''Catalonha'' ; es, Cataluña ) is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a '' nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy.
Most of the territory (except the Val d'Aran) lies on the no ...
,
Spain
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, national_motto = '' Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
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. Its capital is
Pont de Suert. The highest peak is the Comaloformo (3030 metres above sea level) in the massif of Bessiberri. Northeast of the region is the western part of the
Aigüestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici National Park. It is connected with the
Aran valley thorough the
Vielha tunnel.
The Catalan
Romanesque Churches of the
Vall de Boí
The Vall de Boí () is a narrow, steep-sided valley and a small municipality in the province of Lleida, in the autonomous community of Catalonia, northern Spain. It lies in the northeastern corner of the comarca of Alta Ribagorça, on the edges ...
are UNESCO
World Heritage Sites
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.
[(Nov. 30, 2000)]
In the North-East of the area there is the
Aigüestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici National Park, which attracts an important number of visitors.
The local
Ribagorçan dialect is a variant of
Catalan
Catalan may refer to:
Catalonia
From, or related to Catalonia:
* Catalan language, a Romance language
* Catalans, an ethnic group formed by the people from, or with origins in, Northern or southern Catalonia
Places
* 13178 Catalan, asteroid #1 ...
, which has some transitional traits to
Aragonese.
Location:
* Farthest east point: 0° 58' 27,80" East longitude.
* Farthest west point: 0° 41' 30,24" East longitude.
* Farthest north point: 42° 37' 58,88" North latitude.
* Farthest south point: 42° 18' 0,07" North latitude.
Highest point:
Comaloformo (3030 m) in the
Bessiberri Range.
Municipalities
References
External links
Official site of the Consell Comarcal of Alta RibagorçaInformation on Alta Ribagorça from the Generalitat de Catalunya
Comarques of the Province of Lleida
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