Province o Zaragoza

Zaragoza (Spaingie pronunciation: [θaɾaˈɣoθa]), cried Saragossa in Inglis an aw,[1] is a province o northren Spain, in the central pairt o the autonomous commonty o Aragon. Its caipital is Zaragoza, which is the caipital o the autonomous commonty an aw. Ither towns in Zaragoza include Calatayud, Borja, La Almunia de Doña Godina, Ejea de los Caballeros and Tarazona.

Province o Zaragoza
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Coordinates: 41°35′N 1°00′W / 41.583°N 1.000°W / 41.583; -1.000Coordinates: 41°35′N 1°00′W / 41.583°N 1.000°W / 41.583; -1.000
KintraSpain
Autonomous commontyAragon Aragon
CaipitalZaragoza
Area
 • Total17274 km2 (6,670 sq mi)
Area rankRankit 4
 3.42% of Spain
Population
 (2010)
 • Total973,252
 • RankRankit 15
 • Density56/km2 (150/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Zaragozano/Zaragozana
Offeecial leid(s)Spaingie
PairlamentCortes Generales
The Ebro River in Zaragoza ceety wi the Basilica o Oor Lady o the Pillar on the richt
The Moncayo Massif seae from Tarazona

Its aurie is 17,274 km² an it is the fowert lairgest Spaingie province bi laund aurie. Its population is 973,252 (2010), o whom nearly three-quairters live in the caipital, an its population density is 50.95/km². It conteens 292 municipalities, o which mair nor hauf are veelages wi fewer than 300 fowk.

The main leid throoout the province is Spaingie (wi offeecial status), awtho Catalan is spoken in the Bajo Aragón-Caspe comarca an in Mequinenza municipality.

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The province o Zaragoza is bordered bi the provinces o Lleida, Tarragona, Teruel, Guadalajara, Soria, La Rioja, Navarre, an Huesca. The soothren an wastren side o the province is in the muntainous Sistema Ibérico aurie an includes its heichest point, the Moncayo, while the northren end reaches the Pre-Pyrenees. The Ebro River crosses the province frae wast tae east.

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Comarcas in the Zaragoza province:

No. Name Caipital
5 Cinco Villas Ejea de los Caballeros
12 Tarazona y el Moncayo Tarazona
13 Campo de Borja Borja
14 Aranda Illueca
15 Ribera Alta del Ebro Alagón
16 Valdejalón La Almunia de Doña Godina
17 Zaragoza Zaragoza
18 Ribera Baja del Ebro Quinto
19 Bajo Aragón-Caspe/Baix Aragó-Casp Caspe
20 Comunidad de Calatayud Calatayud
21 Campo de Cariñena Cariñena
22 Campo de Belchite Belchite
24 Campo de Daroca Daroca

The follaein comarcas haein their caipital in the Province o Huesca include municipal terms athin Zaragoza Province:

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