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Terra Alta



         


Terra Alta

Other Catalan comarques
ProvinceTarragona 
CapitalGandesa
Largest cityGandesa
Demonym 
Population (2001)12,196
Area740.0 km2
Pop. density16.5 hab/km2
Municipalities12

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.

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Municipalities

Population figures are for 2002.

|- | align="center" style="font-size: 90%;" colspan="2" | 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 |- | align="center" style="font-size: 100%;" colspan="2" | Historical Comarques |- | align="center" style="font-size: 90%;" colspan="2" |North Catalonia: Alta Cerdanya | Capcir | Conflent | Rosselló | Vallespir |}






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