Alto Gállego ( Aragonese: ''Alto Galligo'') is a

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located in the north of the

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Aragón Aragon ( , ; Spanish and an, Aragón ; ca, Aragó ) is an autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in Spain, coextensive with the medieval Kingdom of Aragon. In northeastern Spain, the Aragonese autonomous community comprises th ...

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. It occupies practically the entirety of the upper basin of the Río Gállego. Historically the comarca was a part of the area known as Jacetania, the original nucleus of the old

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of Aragón. The historical territories integrated into that area were the Tena Valley, the lands surrounding Biescas, and the Serrablo. Today, Alto Gállego borders with the comarca of Jacetania to the West, the Sobrarbe to the East, the

Hoya de Huesca Hoya de Huesca/Plana de Uesca is a comarca (county) in the province of Huesca (Spain). * Capital city: Huesca, also the biggest of the 40 municipalities of the comarca. * Surface: 2,525.60 km². * Population: 60,525 (2002). It occupies the ...

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to the North.

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Official WebsiteFriends of Serrablo

Official map
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Comarcas of Aragón, Alto Gállego
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