Alta Ribagorça
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Alta Ribagorça | |
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Country | Spain |
Autonomous community | Catalonia |
Province | Lleida |
Region | Alt Pirineu |
Capital | Pont de Suert |
Municipalities | List |
Government | |
• Body | Alta Ribagorça Comarcal Council |
• President | Albert Palacín (ERC) |
Area | |
• Total | 426.8 km2 (164.8 sq mi) |
Population (2014) | |
• Total | 3,873 |
• Density | 9.1/km2 (24/sq mi) |
Demonym | Ribagorçan |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Largest municipality | Pont de Suert |
Website | www.altaribagorça.cat |
Alta Ribagorça (Western Catalan: [ˈalta ri
The Catalan Romanesque Churches of the Vall de Boí are UNESCO World Heritage Sites.[1] In the North-East of the area there is the Aigüestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici National Park, which attracts an important number of visitors.
The local Ribagorçan dialect is a variant of Catalan, which has some transitional traits to Aragonese.
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.
Municipalities
[edit]Municipality | Population(2014)[2] | Areakm2[2] |
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El Pont de Suert | 2,318 | 148.1 |
Vall de Boí | 992 | 219.5 |
Vilaller | 563 | 59.2 |
• Total: 3 | 3,873 | 426.8 |
References
[edit]- ^ (Nov. 30, 2000). [1].
- ^ a b "El municipi en xifres" (in Catalan). Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya. Retrieved 2015-05-25.
External links
[edit]- Official site of the Consell Comarcal of Alta Ribagorça
- Information on Alta Ribagorça from the Generalitat de Catalunya
- Information on Alta Ribagorça from the official site of Lleida
42°27′48″N 0°49′47″E / 42.46333°N 0.82972°E