Terra Alta
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| Province | Tarragona |
| Capital | Gandesa |
| Largest city | Gandesa |
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| Population (2001) | 12,196 |
| Area | 740.0 km2 |
| Pop. density | 16.5 hab/km2 |
| Municipalities | 12 |
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
- Fatarella - pop. 1,184
- Gandesa - pop. 2,805
- Horta de Sant Joan - pop. 1,189
- Pinell de Brai - pop. 1,075
- Pobla de Massaluca - pop. 426
- Prat de Comte - pop. 187
- Vilalba dels Arcs - pop. 736
External links
- Official comarcal web site (in Catalan) (http://www.terra-alta.altanet.org/)
- IDESCAT: statistical information about Terra Alta (in Catalan) (http://www.idescat.es/servlet/BasicTerr?TC=3&V0=2&V1=37&PDF=FALSE&VOK=Confirmar)
- information about Terra Alta from the Generalitat de Catalunya (in Catalan) (http://www.municat.net:8000/omunicat/owa/mun_p01.dad_ens?via=0&cod=8103790004&err=0)