Bajo Aragón

Bajo Aragón (Spanish: [ˈbaxo aɾaˈɣon]) (Aragonese: Baxo Aragón; Catalan: Baix Aragó) is an administrative comarca in eastern central Aragon, Spain. It was first established in 1999. It has a population of 29,358 (2007) and an area of 1.304,2 km². The seat of the comarca is in Alcañiz. It is located in Teruel Province, in the transitional area between the Iberian System and the Ebro Valley.

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Lower Aragon

Bajo Aragón
Comarca
Location of Bajo Aragón in Aragón and location of the municipalities in Bajo Aragón.
Country Spain
Autonomous communityAragón
ProvinceTeruel
CapitalAlcañiz
Municipalities
List
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Area
 • Total1,304.2 km2 (503.6 sq mi)
Population
 (2018 [1])
 • Total28,587
 • Density22/km2 (57/sq mi)
Demonym(s)bajoaragonés/a
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Largest municipalityAlcañiz
WebsiteTemplate:Www.bajoaragon.es

The municipalities of Aguaviva, Belmonte de San José, La Cañada de Verich, La Cerollera, La Codoñera, La Ginebrosa and Torrevelilla belong to the Catalan-speaking strip in eastern Aragon known as La Franja.

Historical region

The name Bajo Aragón, Lower Aragon, was already used before 1999 for a much larger area, a historical region now sometimes called Bajo Aragón histórico in order to differentiate it from the present-day administrative comarca.

Municipalities

The Catalan version of the names of the towns are in brackets.

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See also

References
  1. https://bi.aragon.es/analytics/saw.dll?Go&path=/shared/IAEST-PUBLICA/Estadistica%20Local/03/030001C&Action=Navigate&Options=df&P0=1&P1=eq&P2=Territorio."Comarca%20codigo"&P3=28&NQUser=granpublico&NQPassword=granpublico


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