The Cinqueta (
Aragonese: Zinqueta) is a river in the
Pyrenees
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tributary to the left bank of the river
Cinca. It mainly runs through the
Gistau valley, in
Sobrarbe
Sobrarbe is one of the comarcas of Aragon, Spain. It is located in the northern part of the province of Huesca, part of the autonomous community of Aragon in Spain. Many of its people speak the Aragonese language locally known as ''fabla''.
The ...
(
Huesca
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). The river begins in the
Viadós where the
Cinqueta de la Pez meets with the
Cinqueta de los Anyes Cruces, in the municipality of
Gistaín
Gistaín (in Aragonese: ''Chistén'',; and officially ''Gistaín/Chistén''As shown in thLegislative Decree 2/2006 of 27 December, of the Government of Aragon, by the revised text of the Law on Comarcal Demarcation of Aragon is approved.) is a m ...
. Afterwards, it travels through three places in the valley (Gistaín,
San Juan de Plan and
Plan
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), it then leaves the valley and travels towards
Salinas de la Sin, where it empties out in the Cinca near
Bielsa.
References
Rivers of Spain
Rivers of Aragon
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