La Litera

La Litera (Spanish: [la liˈteɾa]) or La Llitera (Catalan: [lə ʎiˈteɾə])[1] (Aragonese: A Litera) is an Aragonese comarca in the south-east of the province of Huesca.

La Litera/La Llitera
Country Spain
Autonomous community Aragon
ProvinceHuesca
CapitalBinéfar/Binèfar
Area
  Total733.9 km2 (283.4 sq mi)
Population
  Total18,847
  Density26/km2 (67/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Its cultural capital is Tamarite de Litera, its administrative capital is Binefar and it borders the comarques of Ribagorza, Somontano de Barbastro, Cinca Medio, Bajo Cinca in Aragon and Noguera and Segrià in Catalonia.

Its west half side belongs to the Catalan-speaking strip in eastern Aragon known as La Franja.

Municipal terms

List of villages on the comarca. The Catalan version of the names of the towns are in brackets:[2]

References

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