Somontano de Barbastro, Lagunarrota (Huesca, Aragón)

Somontano de Barbastro ( Aragonese: ''Semontano de Balbastro)'' is a

comarca A ''comarca'' (, or , or ) is a traditional region or local administrative division found in Portugal, Spain and some of their former colonies, like Brazil, Nicaragua, and Panama. The term is derived from the term ''marca'', meaning a "march, ...

Province of Huesca Huesca ( an, Uesca, ca, Osca), officially Huesca/Uesca, is a province of northeastern Spain, in northern Aragon. The capital is Huesca. Positioned just south of the central Pyrenees, Huesca borders France and the French Departments of Haute-G ...

, Aragon,

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. Somontano borders the counties of Sobrarbe and Alto Gállego to the north, Ribagorza and La Litera to the east, Cinca Medio to the southwest, the Monegros desert to the south and

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 ...

to the west. As its Latin name suggests, ''Somontano'', meaning "''beneath the mountain''", lies at the foothills of the

Pyrenees The Pyrenees (; es, Pirineos ; french: Pyrénées ; ca, Pirineu ; eu, Pirinioak ; oc, Pirenèus ; an, Pirineus) is a mountain range straddling the border of France and Spain. It extends nearly from its union with the Cantabrian Mountains to ...

. The area is abundantly irrigated by four important rivers which flow down from the north: the Alcanadre, Cinca, Ésera and the river Vero. The primary economy of the county has always been agricultural and livestock farming based. Wheat and grains, as well as olives are the primary crops. Its wine production received a '' denominación de origen'' in 1984. The city of Barbastro, home to about 85% of the county's population, is a regional hub for the food industry, construction and chemical industry. The county is also home to the Sierra de Guara, a vast Open Space preserve with canyons and gorges and over 60 limestone caves with prehistoric cave paintings, which led

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to declare it as a

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in 1998.

Municipalities

Abiego, Adahuesca, Alquézar, Azara, Azlor,

Barbastro Barbastro (Latin: ''Barbastrum'' or ''Civitas Barbastrensis'', Aragonese: ''Balbastro'') is a city in the Somontano county, province of Huesca, Spain. The city (also known originally as Barbastra or Bergiduna) is at the junction of the rivers Cin ...

, Barbuñales, Berbegal, Bierge, Castejón del Puente, Castillazuelo, Colungo,

Estada Estada is a municipality located in the Huesca (province), province of Huesca, Aragon, Spain. According to the 2018 census (Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain), INE), the municipality has a population of 204 inhabitants. References

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, Estadilla, El Grado, Hoz y Costean, Ilche, Laluenga, Laperdiguera, Lascellas-Ponzano, Naval, Olvena, Peralta de Alcofea, Peraltilla, Pozán de Vero, Salas Altas, Salas Bajas, Santa María de Dulcis and Torres de Alcanadre

External links

Official comarca website in English
{{DEFAULTSORT:Somontano De Barbastro Comarcas of Aragon Geography of the Province of Huesca

Municipalities

See also

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