Terra Alta
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| Image:Catalan comarca Terra Alta.png
Other Catalan comarques | |
| Province | Tarragona |
| Capital | Gandesa |
| Largest city | Gandesa |
| Demonym | |
| Population (2001) | 12,196 |
| Area | 740.0 km2 |
| Pop. density | 16.5 hab/km2 |
| Municipalities | 12 |
Terra Alta is a sparsely populated inland comarca (county) in Catalonia, Spain. Its capital is Gandesa. It is also known as Castellania, a name dating back to its medieval status as a fiefdom held by the Order of Knights of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem under the then-monarchy of Catalonia and Aragon.
Municipalities
Population figures are for 2002.
- Arnes - pop. 501
- Batea - pop. 2,063
- Bot - pop. 793
- Caseres - pop. 323
- Corbera d'Ebre - pop. 1,040
- Fatarella - pop. 1,184
- Gandesa - pop. 2,805
- Horta de Sant Joan - pop. 1,189
- Pinell de Brai - pop. 1,075
- Pobla de Massaluca - pop. 426
- Prat de Comte - pop. 187
- Vilalba dels Arcs - pop. 736
External links
- Official comarcal web site (in Catalan)
- IDESCAT: statistical information about Terra Alta (in Catalan)
- information about Terra Alta from the Generalitat de Catalunya (in Catalan)
| Comarques of Catalonia | Image:Flag of Catalonia.svg |
|---|---|
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Alt Camp | Alt Empordà | Alt Penedès | Alt Urgell | Alta Ribagorça | Anoia | Bages | Baix Camp | Baix Ebre | Baix Empordà | Baix Llobregat | Baix Penedès | Baixa Cerdanya | Barcelonès | Berguedà | Conca de Barberà | Garraf | Garrigues | Garrotxa | Gironès | Maresme | Montsià | Noguera | Osona | Pallars Jussà | Pallars Sobirà | Pla de l'Estany | Pla d'Urgell | Priorat | Ribera d'Ebre | Ripollès | Segarra | Segrià | Selva | Solsonès | Tarragonès | Terra Alta | Urgell | Val d'Aran | Vallès Occidental | Vallès Oriental | |
| Historical Comarques | |
| Northern Catalonia: Alta Cerdanya | Capcir | Conflent | Rosselló | Vallespir | |
