Ribagorza

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Ribagorza

Capital Graus  Province Huesca  Largest city:  Demonym: ribagorzano, -a  Population: 12,811 inhabitants.  Area: 2,459.8 km²  Population Density: 5.2 people/km²

Municipalities Areny Benabarre Benasque Bisaurri Bonansa Campo Capella Castejón de Sos Castigaleu Chía Estopiñán del Castillo Foradada del Toscar Graus Isábena Lascuarre Laspaúles Monesma y Cajigar Montanuy Perarrúa La Puebla de Castro Puente de Montañana Sahún Santaliestra y San Quílez Secastilla Seira Sesué Sopeira Tolva Torre la Ribera Valle de Bardají Valle de Lierp Veracruz Viacamp y Litera Villanova

Ribagorza (Castilian) or Ribagorça (Catalan) is a comarca (county) in modern Aragon, situated in the north-east of the province of Huesca. It borders the French département of the Haute-Garonne to the north and Catalonia (the comarques of Aran Valley, Alta Ribagorça, Pallars Jussà, and Noguera) to the east. Within Aragon its neighboring counties are Sobrarbe, Somontano de Barbastro, and La Litera. It roughly corresponds to the Aragonese part of the medieval County of Ribagorza. The administrative capital of Ribagorza is Graus, although the historical capital of the county was at Benabarre.

Ribagorçan is the eastern dialect of Aragonese spoken in the western part of the county. Municipalities in the eastern part, bordering Catalonia, are part of La Franja, a geo-linguistic area, where the local language is a variety of Catalan. However, Aragonese and Catalan form a dialectal continuum here and the geographical limit of both languages cannot be drawn definitively.

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Coordinates: 42°27′N 00°32′E / 42.45°N 0.533°E / 42.45; 0.533