Tamarite de Litera

Tamarite de Litera (Catalan: Tamarit de Llitera, Aragonese: Tamarit de Litera)is the second major town of the "comarca" of La Litera in the province of Huesca, Aragon, Spain.

It was reconquered from the Moors by Alfonso I of Aragon in 1107.

The local dialect is a variant of Catalan, called "Tamaritá" (Spanish: Tamaritano) by locals.

It has two official names: "Tamarite de Litera" and "Tamarit de Llitera" [cite web | url = http://www.boa.aragon.es/cgi-bin/BoaAA/BRSCGI?CMD=VERDOC&BASE=BOLE&PIECE=BOLE&DOCR=10&SEC=BUSQUEDA_FECHA&RNG=200&SEPARADOR=&&PUBL=20061230 | title = Decreto Legislativo 2/2006, de 27 de diciembre, del Gobierno de Aragón, por el que se aprueba el texto refundido de la Ley de Delimitación Comarcal de Aragón. | publisher = Boletín Oficial de Aragón | date = 2007-12-27 | accessdate = 2008-07-23]

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