Cuencas Mineras is a

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. It is located in

Teruel Province Teruel ( Catalan: ''Terol'' ) is a province of Aragon, in the northeast of Spain. The capital is Teruel. It is bordered by the provinces of Tarragona, Castellón, Valencia (including its exclave Rincón de Ademuz), Cuenca, Guadalajara, and Z ...

, in the

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area of the

Sistema Ibérico The Iberian System is one of the major systems of mountain ranges in Spain. It consists of a vast and complex area of mostly relatively high and rugged mountain chains and massifs located in the central region of the Iberian Peninsula, but ...

. The administrative capital is

Utrillas Utrillas () is a municipality located in the province of Teruel, Aragon, Spain. According to the 2004 census ( INE), the municipality has a population of 3,209 inhabitants. Utrillas has a Secondary School called IES Fernando Lázaro Carreter. See ...

, with 3,346 inhabitants the largest town of the comarca, but the historical and cultural center is Montalbán. This comarca owes its name to certain mining zones in its area. Some municipalities of Cuencas Mineras are part of the

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Lower Aragon Lower Aragon (, , ), also known as ''Tierra Baja'', is a natural and historical region in Aragon, Spain. The name "Lower Aragon" refers to the areas of the lowest altitude within the Ebro river basin, but the historical region encompasses only t ...

. The main mountain range in the area is

Sierra de San Just Sierra de San Just () is a mountain range in the Cuencas Mineras comarca of Aragon, Teruel Province, Spain. The highest point in the range is San Just (1,522 m). This range is located in one of the coldest and most rugged regions of Aragon. ...

Municipalities

* Alcaine * Aliaga * Anadón * Blesa * Cañizar del Olivar * Castel de Cabra * Cortes de Aragón * Cuevas de Almudén * Escucha * Fuenferrada * Hinojosa de Jarque * La Hoz de la Vieja * Huesa del Común * Jarque de la Val *

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* Maicas * Martín del Río * Mezquita de Jarque * Montalbán *

Muniesa Muniesa is a municipality in the Teruel province of Aragon, Spain. In the 2017 INE census, its population is 630. See also * List of municipalities in Teruel This is a list of the municipalities in the province of Teruel in the autonomous com ...

* Obón * Palomar de Arroyos * Plou * Salcedillo * Segura de los Baños * Torre de las Arcas *

* Villanueva del Rebollar de la Sierra * Vivel del Río Martín * La Zoma

References

External links

Cuencas Mineras - Gran Enciclopedia Aragonesa

Comarcas de Aragón - Cuencas MinerasCuencas Mineras - Tourism
Comarcas of Aragon Geography of the Province of Teruel {{Teruel-geo-stub