The Castejón Mountains ( es, Montes de Castejón) are a mountain range in the
Cinco Villas comarca
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,
Aragon,
Spain
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, located about to the north of
Zaragoza
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. They are named after the town of
Castejón de Valdejasa
Castejón de Valdejasa (in Aragonese: Castellón de Val de Chasa) is a municipality located in the province of Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain. According to the 2004 census
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in the midst of the range.
Description
The Castejón Mountains are covered with low and mostly sparse forest made up mainly ''Carrasca'' (''
Quercus ilex'') and
pine
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trees, often subject to wildfires during droughts. The ridge's highest summit is Esteban (747 m). Other important summits are Guarizo (745 m), Pogallinero (639 m), Escalerilla (585 m) and Lomaza (476 m).
The northwestern part of the range is also known as Sierra de Erla, after the town of
Erla
Erla is a municipality located in the province of Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain. According to the 2004 census
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, located further north, or as Montes de Sora, after the
Sora Castle.
Castillo de Sora
There are also wind turbine
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s installed in some of the upper ridges.
See also
*Cinco Villas, Aragon
Cinco Villas, in Aragonese: Zinco Billas, is a comarca in Aragon, Spain.
This comarca is named after the five historical towns of Tauste, Ejea de los Caballeros (capital comarcal), Sádaba, Uncastillo and Sos del Rey Católico. The former capita ...
*List of mountains in Aragon
This is a list of mountains in Aragon, Spain. They include the Aneto, the highest peak in the Pyrenees, as well as the Moncayo, the highest peak in the Sistema Ibérico.
See also
* List of Pyrenean three-thousanders
*Pyrenees
* Pre-Py ...
References
External links
Tourism in Comarca of Cinco Villas
Hiking in Montes de Castejón & El Jabalí – Wikiloc
Mountain ranges of Aragon
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