Alta Ribagorça

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Alta Ribagorça is one of the comarques of Catalonia, Spain. Its capital is Pont de Suert.

Municipalities of Alta Ribagorça:

The Catalan Romanesque Churches of the Vall de Boí are UNESCO World Heritage Sites.(Nov. 30, 2000).[link]

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:

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

References

[Instituto Nacional de Estadística] (in Spanish). Reference for populations of municipalities as of January 1, 2005.
[IDESCAT: Statistical information for Alta Ribagorça] (in Catalan). Source for list of municipalities, surface area.

Historical Comarques
[http://encycl.opentopia.com/ edit ]	Comarques of Catalonia
Alt Camp \| Alt Empordà \| Alt Penedès \| Alt Urgell \| Alta Ribagorça \| Anoia \| Bages \| Baix Camp \| Baix Ebre \| Baix Empordà \| Baix Llobregat \| Baix Penedès \| Barcelonès \| Berguedà \| Cerdanya \| 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
Northern Catalonia: Alta Cerdanya \| Capcir \| Conflent \| Rosselló \| Vallespir

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