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Aragon
Aragon
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 Flag  Coat of arms | |
| Anthem: Himno de Aragón (officially) | |
.svg) Location of Aragon within Spain | |
| Coordinates: 41°00′N 1°00′W / 41.000°N 1.000°W | |
| Country |  Spain |
| Capital | Zaragoza |
| Provinces | Huesca, Teruel, and Zaragoza |
| Government | |
| • President | Javier Lambán (PSOE) |
| • Legislature | Cortes of Aragon |
| Area (9.4% of Spain; ranked 4th) | |
| • Total | 47,720 km2 (18,420 sq mi) |
| Population (1 January 2021) | |
| • Total | 1,326,261 |
| • Density | 28/km2 (72/sq mi) |
| • Pop. rank | 11th |
| • Percent | 2.82% of Spain |
| Demonym | Aragonese |
| ISO 3166 code | ES-AR |
| Official languages | Spanish |
| Recognised languages | Aragonese, Catalan[1] |
| Statute of Autonomy | 16 August 1982 18 April 2007 (current version) |
| National day | 23 April |
| Parliament | Cortes of Aragon |
| Congress seats | 13 (of 350) |
| Senate seats | 14 (of 265) |
| HDI (2019) | 0.911[2] very high · 6th |
| Website | Gobierno de Aragón |
Aragon is an autonomous community in the northeast of Spain. In the various dialects of Spain it is: in Aragonese: Aragón; in Spanish: Aragón; in Catalan: Aragó.
Aragon covers the area of the medieval Kingdom of Aragon. It is named after the Aragón river, a tributary of the Ebro.
Aragon has three provinces (from north to south): Huesca, Zaragoza and Teruel. Its capital is Zaragoza (sometimes called Saragossa in English).
- ↑ "LEY 10/2009, de 22 de diciembre, de uso, protección y promoción de las lenguas propias de Aragón" (PDF). Archived from the original on 28 March 2010. Retrieved 2010-04-29.
- ↑ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved October 23, 2021.
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