Terra Alta: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

Terra Alta

Other Catalan comarques
Province	Tarragona
Capital	Gandesa
Largest city	Gandesa
Demonym
Population (2001)	12,196
Area	740.0 km2
Pop. density	16.5 hab/km2
Municipalities	12

Terra Alta is a sparsely populated inland comarca (county) in Catalonia, Spain. Its capital is Gandesa. It is also known as Castellania, a name dating back to its medieval status as a fiefdom held by the Order of Knights of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem under the then-monarchy of Catalonia and Aragon.

Municipalities

Population figures are for 2002.

• Arnes - pop. 501
• Batea - pop. 2,063
• Bot - pop. 793
• Caseres - pop. 323
• Corbera d'Ebre - pop. 1,040
• Fatarella - pop. 1,184
• Gandesa - pop. 2,805
• Horta de Sant Joan - pop. 1,189
• Pinell de Brai - pop. 1,075
• Pobla de Massaluca - pop. 426
• Prat de Comte - pop. 187
• Vilalba dels Arcs - pop. 736

Comarques of Catalonia
Alt Camp | Alt Empordà | Alt Penedès | Alt Urgell | Alta Ribagorça | Anoia | Bages | Baix Camp | Baix Ebre | Baix Empordà | Baix Llobregat | Baix Penedès | Baixa Cerdanya | Barcelonès | Berguedà | Conca de Barberà | Garraf | Garrigues | Garrotxa | Gironès | Maresme | Montsià | Noguera | Osona | Pallars Jussà | Pallars Sobirà | Pla de l'Estany | Pla d'Urgell | Priorat | Ribera d'Ebre | Ripollès | Segarra | Segrià | Selva | Solsonès | Tarragonès | Terra Alta | Urgell | Val d'Aran | Vallès Occidental | Vallès Oriental
Historical Comarques
Franja de Ponent: Baixa Ribagorça | Baix Cinca | Llitera | Matarranya North Catalonia: Alta Cerdanya | Capcir | Conflent | Rosselló | Vallespir