Terra Alta

Terra Alta

Spanish comarca
comarca_name = Terra Alta
location_

province = Tarragona
capital = Gandesa
largest_city = Gandesa
demonym =
population = 12,196 (2001)
area = 740.0
pop_density = 16.5
municipalities = Arnes|Batea|Bot|Caseres|Corbera d'Ebre|La Fatarella|Gandesa|Horta de Sant Joan|El Pinell de Brai|La Pobla de Massaluca|Prat de Comte|Vilalba dels Arcs

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 Crown of 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

* [http://www.terra-alta.altanet.org/ Official comarcal web site (in Catalan)]
* [http://www.idescat.es/servlet/BasicTerr?TC=3&V0=2&V1=37&PDF=FALSE&VOK=Confirmar IDESCAT: statistical information about Terra Alta (in Catalan)]
* [http://www.municat.net:8000/omunicat/owa/mun_p01.dad_ens?via=0&cod=8103790004&err=0 information about Terra Alta from the Generalitat de Catalunya (in Catalan)]


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