Terra Alta () is a sparsely populated inland comarca (county) in

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. Its capital is

Gandesa Gandesa () is the capital of the ''comarca'' of Terra Alta, in the province of Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. History In the place known as ''Coll del Moro'' there is an ancient Iberian archaeological site belonging to the Ilercavones tribe that l ...

. It is also known as Castellania, a name dating back to its medieval status as a fiefdom held by the Order of Knights of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem under the

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Municipalities

Mountain ranges

* Serra de Cavalls * Serra de la Fatarella * Serra de Pàndols * Serra dels Pesells

References

External links

Official comarcal web site (in Catalan)

information about Terra Alta from the Generalitat de Catalunya (in Catalan)
{{Coord, 41, 03, N, 0, 26, E, type:adm2nd_source:cawiki, display=title Comarques of the Province of Tarragona