Terra Alta
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Terra Alta

Capital Gandesa  Province Tarragona  Largest city: Gandesa  Demonym:    Population: 12,196 (2001) inhabitants.  Area: 740.0 km²  Population Density: 16.5 people/km²

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 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)

Coordinates: 41°03′N 0°26′E / 41.05, 0.433