Terra Alta
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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
- La Fatarella - pop. 1,184
- Gandesa - pop. 2,805
- Horta de Sant Joan - pop. 1,189
- El Pinell de Brai - pop. 1,075
- La 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)]
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