Ribagorza (comarca)

Ribagorza (Spanish: [riβaˈɣoɾθa], Aragonese: [ɾiβaˈɣoɾθa]) or Ribagorça (Western Catalan: [riβaˈɣɔɾsa]; French: Ribagorce) is a comarca (administrative subdivision) in Aragon, Spain, 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 Val d'Aran, Alta Ribagorça, Pallars Jussà, and Noguera) to the east. Within Aragon its neighboring comarcas 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.

Country Spain

Capital cityGraus

Demonym(s)ribagorzano, -a

TimezoneUTC+1 (CET)

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Ribagorza / Ribagorça
Comarca
El Turbón
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Aragon
Province	Huesca
Capital city	Graus
Municipalities	List See text
Area
• Total	2,459.8 km2 (949.7 sq mi)
Population
• Total	12,811
• Density	5.2081/km2 (13.489/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	ribagorzano, -a
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

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The Ribagorçan dialect is a transitional Aragonese–Catalan dialect spoken in the western part of the comarca. Municipalities in the eastern part, bordering Catalonia, are part of La Franja, a geolinguistic area, where the local language is a variety of Catalan. However, Aragonese and Catalan form a dialect continuum here and the geographical limit of both languages cannot be drawn in a clear-cut manner.^[1]