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Matarraña Matarranya
Matarraña () or Matarranya () is a comarca in eastern Aragon, bordering the Spanish Autonomous Communities of Catalonia and Valencia. It is located in Teruel Province, in the mountainous Sistema Ibérico area. Its capital is Valderrobres, and it borders the Aragonese comarques of Bajo Aragón-Caspe/Baix Aragó-Casp, and Bajo Aragón, the Catalan comarques of Terra Alta, Baix Ebre, and Montsià, and the Valencian comarques of Baix Maestrat and Ports. This comarca is named after the Matarranya River flowing through it. It belongs to the Catalan-speaking strip in eastern Aragon known as La Franja. Historical comarca The historical Matarranya comarca was a natural region that roughly encompassed the whole Matarranya river basin. The historical comarca was split for administrative purposes when provincial boundaries were traced following the territorial division of Spain in 1833. After the new divisions were created, the northern section, the Lower Matarranya, became part of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comarcas Of Aragon
Here is a list of the administrative '' comarcas'' (counties) in the autonomous community of Aragon in Spain. They were officially delimited in 1999, with substantial changes over a previously proposed division. See also * Comarcal council *Comarcas of Spain See also lists of municipalities in Aragon by province: *List of municipalities in Huesca This is a list of the municipalities in the province of Huesca, in the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain. There are 202 municipalities in the province. See also List of Aragonese comarcas. See also *Geography of Spain *List of cities in ... * List of municipalities in Teruel * List of municipalities in Zaragoza References External links Comarcas of Aragonand legal links about their creation. Comarcal division, basic data (Aragonese Statistical Institute) {{Comarcas of Spain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valencia (autonomous Community)
The Valencian Community ( ca-valencia, Comunitat Valenciana, es, Comunidad Valenciana) is an autonomous community of Spain. It is the fourth most populous Spanish autonomous community after Andalusia, Catalonia and the Community of Madrid with more than five million inhabitants.Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Madrid, 2020. Its homonymous capital Valencia is the third largest city and metropolitan area in Spain. It is located along the Mediterranean coast on the east side of the Iberian Peninsula. It borders with Catalonia to the north, Aragon and Castilla–La Mancha to the west, and Murcia to the south, and the Balearic Islands are to its east. The Valencian Community consists of three provinces which are Castellón, Valencia and Alicante. According to Valencia's Statute of Autonomy, the Valencian people are a ''nationality''. Their origins date back to the 1238 Aragonese conquest of the Taifa of Valencia. The newly-founded Kingdom of Valencia enjoyed its own legal entit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Franja
La Franja (; "The Strip"; an, Francha ) is the area of Catalan-speaking territories of eastern Aragon bordering Catalonia, in Spain. It literally means ''"the strip"'' and can also more properly be called (Aragonese Strip), (Western Strip) or (Eastern Strip of Aragon) in Catalan (in an, Francha Oriental d'Aragón, "Eastern Strip of Aragon"; or simply /, "Eastern Strip", or , "Aragonese Strip"; in es, Franja de Aragón, "Aragonese Strip"). ''La Franja'' is usually considered to be comprised by a part of the municipalities of the following Aragonese administrative ''comarcas'': la Ribagorza/Ribagorça, La Litera/La Llitera, Bajo Cinca/Baix Cinca, Bajo Aragón-Caspe/Baix Aragó-Casp, Bajo Aragón/Baix Aragó and Matarraña/Matarranya. ''La Franja'' has been part of Aragon since the medieval kingdom of Aragon; never in its history has it been part of Catalonia; however its population speaks in Catalan, presumably since the Middle Ages; consequently this territory is consi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matarranya River
The Matarranya ( es, Río Matarraña, ca, Riu Matarranya) is a river in the provinces of Teruel and Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain. It begins its course at 1,200 m northeast of the Tossal d'Encanader, Ports de Beseit. limestone massif near La Pobla de Benifassà. The Matarranya flows roughly from south to north into the Ebro (Ebre), 4 km east of Faió (Fayón). This river gives its name to the Matarranya Catalan language Catalan (; autonym: , ), known in the Valencian Community and Carche as '' Valencian'' ( autonym: ), is a Western Romance language. It is the official language of Andorra, and an official language of three autonomous communities in eas ...-speaking comarca of Aragon. Tributaries * From the left: ** Algars River ** Ulldemó River ** Barranc de Calapatar * From the right: ** De Pena River ** Tastavins River See also * Ports de Beseit * Matarraña/Matarranya comarca References External linksTurismo de AragonMatarranya Tourism [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ports (comarca)
Ports () is a comarca in the province of Castellón, Valencian Community, Spain. It mostly overlaps the historical ''comarca'' known as Ports de Morella (), except for the municipal areas surrounding Catí and Vilafranca that were excluded from the present-day Ports ''comarca''. Municipalities The ''comarca'' is composed of thirteen municipalities, tabled below with their populations at the 2001 and 2011 Censuses, and according to the most recent official estimates (for 1 January 2019): References See also * Ports de Morella *Maestrat *Tinença de Benifassà Tinença de Benifassà () is a historical '' comarca'' of the Valencian Community, Spain. It is nowadays part of the Baix Maestrat, one of the present-day Comarques of the Valencian Community, even though commercial and human relationships hav ... Comarques of the Valencian Community Geography of the Province of Castellón Maestrazgo {{Valencia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baix Maestrat
Baix Maestrat (; es, Bajo Maestrazgo ) is a coastal ''comarca'' located in the north of the province of Castellón, Valencian Community, Spain. The capital of the ''comarca'' is Vinaròs. Municipalities The ''comarca'' is composed of 18 municipalities, listed below with their surface areas, their populations at the 2011 Census and according to the latest official estimates (for i January 2019) and their population density in 2019: Data from National Institute of Statistics 2019 Geography The ''comarca'' borders to the north-west with the province of Teruel (Aragon), to the north-east with the province of Tarragona (Catalonia), to the east with the Mediterranean Sea, to the south with the ''comarca'' of Plana Alta ( Castellón, Valencia) and to the west with the ''comarcas'' of Alt Maestrat ( Castellón, Valencia) and Els Ports ( Castellón, Valencia). Within the ''comarca'' lies Serra d'Irta, an 18.8 km long mountain range and the largest undeveloped coastal a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montsià
Montsià () is the southernmost comarca (county) of Catalonia in Spain. Its capital and largest city is Amposta. History Almost all Montsià municipalities are part of the Taula del Sénia free association or mancomunitat (commonwealth). Municipalities See also *Serra del Montsià *Terres de l'Ebre Terres de l'Ebre (, literally in English 'The Ebre Lands') is one of the seven territories defined by the Regional Plan of Catalonia. It is located in the south-west of Catalonia, in the southern part of river Ebre, and will be formed by four co ... References External links * Official comarcal web site (in Catalan) {{DEFAULTSORT:Montsia Comarques of the Province of Tarragona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baix Ebre
Baix Ebre (, "Lower Ebre") is a comarca (county), on the coast in southern 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 .... Municipalities References External linksOfficial comarcal web site (in Catalan) {{coord, 40, 51, 00, N, 0, 33, 19, E, region:ES-CT_type:adm2nd_source:cawiki, display=title [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terra Alta (comarca)
Terra Alta () is a sparsely populated inland comarca (county) in Catalonia, Spain. Its capital is Gandesa. 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 Crown of Aragon. Municipalities Mountain ranges *Serra de Cavalls *Serra de la Fatarella *Serra de Pàndols *Serra dels Pesells Serra dels Pesells is a mountain chain located near the southern end of the Catalan Pre-Coastal Range between Bot, Tarragona, Bot and Arenys de Lledó. The ridge's highest point is 541,3 m. This smooth range runs in a NNE - SSW direction and divide ... 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bajo Aragón
Bajo Aragón (; an, Baxo Aragón; ca, Baix Aragó), or Lower Aragon, is an administrative comarca in eastern central Aragon, Spain. It was first established in 1999. It has a population of 29,358 (2007) and an area of 1.304,2 km2. The seat of the comarca is in Alcañiz. It is located in Teruel Province, in the transitional area between the Iberian System and the Ebro Valley. The municipalities of Aguaviva, Belmonte de San José, La Cañada de Verich, La Cerollera, La Codoñera, La Ginebrosa and Torrevelilla belong to the Catalan-speaking strip in eastern Aragon known as La Franja. Historical region The name ''Bajo Aragón'', Lower Aragon, was already used before 1999 for a much larger area, a historical region now sometimes called ''Bajo Aragón histórico'' in order to differentiate it from the present-day administrative comarca. Municipalities The Catalan version of the names of the towns are in brackets. * Aguaviva (Aiguaviva de Bergantes) * Alcañiz * Alcorisa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bajo Aragón-Caspe/Baix Aragó-Casp
The Bajo, Bajonese, Bajonesian, or Wajo, Wajonese ( bug, ᨈᨚ ᨓᨍᨚ, To Wajo; pey, Badjo; nl, Badjo, ) are the indigenous Indonesian ethnic group native to the Bajo Island of Lesser Sunda Islands (''Nusa Tenggara'') in Indonesia. These ethnic group can be found all across the Flores Sea to the northeastern Bali Sea, and some have established permanent settlements in the southern of Sulawesi where they are locally known as the Wajo Bugis due to their close historical relation with the Bugis ethnic group. Ethnonym The ethnonym of Bajo people is an endonym which referring to their native origin in the Bajo Island of Lesser Sunda Islands (''Nusa Tenggara''). The term later adopted in the southern Sulawesi language of Bugis as ᨅᨍᨚ, which literally means " hewood", referring to the material for making boats that are often used by the Bajo ethnic group to travel the sea across the Flores Sea region. In English, these ethnic group sometimes also known colloquially as th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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