Aragon

This article is about the geographical region. For the poet, see Louis Aragon. For the Olympic medallist, see Aragon (horse).

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Louis Aragon - Aragon (horse)

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Aragon (Spanish and Aragonese: Aragón; Catalan: Aragó) is an autonomous community of north-eastern Spain. It has an area of 47,719 km² with a population of 1,217,514 (2003).

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Spanish - Aragonese - Catalan - Autonomous community - Spain - 47,719 km²

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Aragon is bounded on the north by France, on the east by Catalonia, on the south by Valencia, and on the west by Castile-La Mancha, Castile-Leon, La Rioja, and Navarre (Spanish: Navarra). It comprises the provinces of Zaragoza (English: Saragossa or Caesaraugusta), Huesca, and Teruel. It is traversed by the Ebro, mountainous in the north; with beautiful fertile valleys, rather barren, in the south.

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France - Catalonia - Valencia - Castile-La Mancha - Castile-Leon - La Rioja - Navarre - Provinces - Zaragoza - Huesca - Teruel

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Its capital is Zaragoza.

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In addition to its three provinces, Aragon is subdivided into 33 comarcas (counties).

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