Alta Ribagorça () is one of the

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. Its capital is

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. The highest peak is the Comaloformo (3030 metres above sea level) in the massif of Bessiberri. Northeast of the region is the western part of the

Aigüestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici National Park ''Aigüestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici'' National Park ( ca, Parc Nacional d'Aigüestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici, es, Parque Nacional de Aiguas Tortas y Lago de San Mauricio), is one of the fifteen Spanish national parks, and the only one ...

. It is connected with the

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valley thorough the Vielha tunnel. The Catalan Romanesque Churches of the

Vall de Boí The Vall de Boí () is a narrow, steep-sided valley and a small municipality in the province of Lleida, in the autonomous community of Catalonia, northern Spain. It lies in the northeastern corner of the comarca of Alta Ribagorça, on the edges ...

are UNESCO

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.(Nov. 30, 2000)

In the North-East of the area there is the

, which attracts an important number of visitors. The local Ribagorçan dialect is a variant of

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, 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 the Bessiberri Range.

Municipalities

References

External links

Official site of the Consell Comarcal of Alta RibagorçaInformation on Alta Ribagorça from the Generalitat de Catalunya
Comarques of the Province of Lleida {{Lleida-geo-stub