- Alta Ribagorça
Spanish comarca
comarca_name = Alta Ribagorça
location_
province = Lleida
capital =Pont de Suert
largest_city =Pont de Suert
demonym = Ribagorçan
population = 4,431 (2006)
area = 426.8
pop_density = 9,31
municipalities =El Pont de Suert |La Vall de Boí |Vilaller Alta Ribagorça is one of the comarques of
Catalonia ,Spain . Its capital isPont de Suert .Municipalities of Alta Ribagorça:
*El Pont de Suert - pop. 2,725
*La Vall de Boí - pop. 1,062
*Vilaller - pop. 644The Catalan Romanesque Churches of the
Vall de Boí are UNESCOWorld Heritage Sites .(Nov. 30, 2000). [http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/988]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:
* Farthest east point: 0° 58' 27,80" East longitude.
* Farthest west point: 0° 41' 30,24" East longitude.
* Farthest north point: 42° 37' 58,88" North latitude.
* Farthest south point: 42° 18' 0,07" North latitude.Highest point:
Comaloformo (3030 m) in theBessiberri Range.References
* [http://www.ine.es/inebase/cgi/um?M=%2Ft20%2Fe260%2Fa2005%2F&O=pcaxis&N=&L=0%202005 Instituto Nacional de Estadística] (in Spanish). Reference for populations of municipalities as of
January 1 ,2005 .
* [http://www.idescat.net/territ/BasicTerr?TC=3&V0=2&PDF=FALSE&V1=05&VOK=Confirmar IDESCAT: Statistical information for Alta Ribagorça] (in Catalan). Source for list of municipalities, surface area.External links
* [http://altaribagorca.ddl.net/ Official site of the Consell Comarcal of Alta Ribagorça]
* [http://www.municat.net:8000/omunicat/owa/mun_p10.entitats?cod=8100560009 Information on Alta Ribagorça from the Generalitat de Catalunya]
* [http://www.idescat.net/territ/BasicTerr?TC=3&V0=2&PDF=FALSE&V1=05&VOK=Confirmar Information on Alta Ribagorça from the Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya (In Catalan)]
* [http://cat.lleida.com/comarca/index.html?comarca=8 Information on Alta Ribagorça from the official site of Lleida]
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