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Encyclopedia > Alta Ribagorça
Alta Ribagorça
Map of Catalonia with Alta Ribagorça highlighted
Other Catalan comarques
Province
Lleida
Capital Pont de Suert
Largest city Pont de Suert
Demonym  
Population (2001) 3,477 hab.
Area 426.8 km2
Pop. density 8.1 hab/km2
Municipalities 3

Alta Ribagorça is one of the comarques of Catalonia. Its capital is Pont de Suert. This is a list of the comarques (singular comarca) of Catalonia. ... This article is about political regions. ... Categories: Spain geography stubs | Catalonia | Provinces of Spain ... In politics a capital (also called capital city or political capital — although the latter phrase has an alternative meaning based on an alternative meaning of capital) is the principal city or town associated with its government. ... Pont de Suert is the capital of the comarca of Alta Ribagorça, in the province of Lleida, Catalonia, Spain, located at 838 metres above the sea, by the river Noguera Ribagorçana, a tributary to the Segre. ... A city is an urban area, differentiated from a town, village, or hamlet by size, population density, importance, or legal status. ... Pont de Suert is the capital of the comarca of Alta Ribagorça, in the province of Lleida, Catalonia, Spain, located at 838 metres above the sea, by the river Noguera Ribagorçana, a tributary to the Segre. ... A demonym or gentilic is a word that denotes the members of a people or the inhabitants of a place. ... 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article explains the meaning of area as a physical quantity. ... Population density can be used as a measurement of any tangible item. ... This is a list of the comarques (singular comarca) of Catalonia. ... Capital Barcelona Official languages Spanish and Catalan In Val dAran, also Aranese. ... Pont de Suert is the capital of the comarca of Alta Ribagorça, in the province of Lleida, Catalonia, Spain, located at 838 metres above the sea, by the river Noguera Ribagorçana, a tributary to the Segre. ...


Municipalities of Alta Ribagorça:

  • Pont de Suert - pop. 2165
  • Vall de Boí - pop. 952
  • Vilaller - pop. 570

The Catalan Romanesque Churches of the Vall de Boí are UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Pont de Suert is the capital of the comarca of Alta Ribagorça, in the province of Lleida, Catalonia, Spain, located at 838 metres above the sea, by the river Noguera Ribagorçana, a tributary to the Segre. ... Romanesque St. ... Elabana Falls is in Lamington National Park, part of the Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves World Heritage site in Queensland, Australia. ...


The local Ribagorçan dialect is a variant of Catalan, which has some transitional traits to Aragonese. Ribagorçan dialect is a variant of the Catalan language, which has some transitional traits to Aragonese: Palatalization of L in PL, CL, FL groups, e. ... Catalan (Català, Valencià) is a Romance language understood by as many as 12 million people in portions of Spain, France, Andorra and Italy, although the majority of active Catalan speakers are in Spain. ... Categories: Pages containing IPA | Language stubs | Romance languages | Languages of Spain ...


Location:

  • Farthest east point: 0° 58' 27,80" East longitude.
  • Farthest west point: 0° 41' 30,24" East longitude.
  • Farthest north point: 42° 37' 58,88" North latitude.
  • Farthest south point: 42° 18' 0,07" North latitude.

Highest point: Comaloformo (3030 m) in the Bessiberri Range.


External links

  • Official site of the Consell Comarcal of Alta Ribagorça (http://altaribagorca.ddl.net/)
  • Information on Alta Ribagorça from the Generalitat de Catalunya (http://www.municat.net:8000/omunicat/owa/mun_p10.entitats?cod=8100560009)
  • Information on Alta Ribagorça from the Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya (http://www.idescat.es/servlet/BasicTerr?TC=3&V0=2&V1=05)
  • Information on Alta Ribagorça from the official site of Lleida (http://cat.lleida.com/comarca/index.html?comarca=8)




 
 

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