{{Short description|Province of Spain}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Province of Zaragoza | native_name = {{native name|es|Provincia de Zaragoza}} | type = [[Provinces of Spain|Province]] | image_skyline = | image_alt = | image_caption = | image_flag = Flag of Zaragoza province (with coat of arms).svg | flag_size = | flag_alt = | image_shield = Coat of Arms of Zaragoza Province.svg | shield_size = | shield_alt = | motto = | anthem = | image_map = Zaragoza in Spain (plus Canarias).svg | map_alt = | map_caption = Map of Spain with Province of Zaragoza highlighted | pushpin_map = | pushpin_map_caption = | coordinates = {{coord|41|35|N|1|00|W|region:ES_type:adm2nd_source:GNS-enwiki|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_footnotes = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{ESP}} | subdivision_type1 = [[Autonomous communities of Spain|Autonomous community]] | subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Aragon}} | established_title = | established_date = | seat_type = Capital | seat = [[Zaragoza]] | government_type = | government_footnotes = | leader_party = | leader_title = President | leader_name = | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 17274 | area_rank = [[List of Spanish provinces by area|Ranked 4th]] | area_note = 3.42% of Spain | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | blank_name_sec1 = Official language(s) | blank_info_sec1 = [[Spanish language|Spanish]] | population_footnotes = | population_total = 954,811 | population_as_of = 2018 | population_rank = [[List of Spanish provinces by population|Ranked 15th]] | population_density_km2 = auto | population_demonym = Zaragozano/Zaragozana | population_note = | blank_name_sec2 = Parliament | blank_info_sec2 = [[Cortes Generales]] | blank1_name_sec2 = [[Congress of Deputies (Spain)|Congress seats]] | blank1_info_sec2 = | blank2_name_sec2 = [[Spanish Senate|Senate seats]] | blank2_info_sec2 = | blank3_name_sec2 = | blank3_info_sec2 = | time_zone = | utc_offset = | time_zone_DST = | utc_offset_DST = | timezone1 = | utc_offset1 = | timezone1_DST = | utc_offset1_DST = | postal_code_type = | postal_code = | area_code_type = | area_code = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Zaragoza''' ({{IPA|es|θaɾaˈɣoθa}}), also called '''Saragossa''' in [[English language|English]],<ref>''[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]'', [http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/655938/Zaragoza Zaragoza (conventional Saragossa)]</ref> is a [[Provinces of Spain|province]] of northern [[Spain]], in the central part of the [[Autonomous communities of Spain|autonomous community]] of [[Aragon]]. Its capital is the city of [[Zaragoza, Spain|Zaragoza]], which is also the capital of the autonomous community. Other towns in the province include [[La Almunia de Doña Godina]], [[Borja, Aragon|Borja]], [[Calatayud]], [[Caspe]], [[Ejea de los Caballeros]], [[Tarazona]], and [[Utebo]].
Its area is [[1 E10 m²|17,274 km²]], which makes it the fourth-largest Spanish province by land area. Its population was 954,811 in 2018, accounting for slightly over 72% of the entire population of [[Aragon]]; nearly 75% of those lived in the capital. Its population density was 51/km². It contains 292 municipalities, of which more than half are villages with fewer than 300 people.
The main language throughout the province is [[Spanish language|Spanish]] (with official status), although [[Catalan language|Catalan]] is spoken in the easternmost part ([[Bajo Aragón-Caspe/Baix Aragó-Casp|Bajo Aragón-Caspe]] comarca and [[Mequinenza]] municipality).
==Geography== The province of Zaragoza is bordered by the provinces of [[Lleida Province|Lleida]], [[Tarragona Province|Tarragona]], [[Teruel Province|Teruel]], [[Guadalajara Province|Guadalajara]], [[Soria Province|Soria]], [[La Rioja Province (Spain)|La Rioja]], [[Navarre Province|Navarre]], and [[Huesca Province|Huesca]]. The southern and western side of the province is in the [[mountainous]] [[Sistema Ibérico]] area and includes its highest point, the [[Moncayo Massif|Moncayo]], while the northern end reaches the [[Pre-Pyrenees]]. The [[Ebro River]] crosses the province from west to east.
==Comarcas== [[List of Aragonese comarcas|Comarcas]] in the Zaragoza province: {|class=wikitable !No.!!Name !!Capital |- |5||[[Cinco Villas, Aragon|Cinco Villas]] || [[Ejea de los Caballeros]] |- | 12 || [[Tarazona y el Moncayo]] || [[Tarazona]] |- |13 || [[Campo de Borja]] || [[Borja, Zaragoza|Borja]] |- |14 ||[[Aranda (comarca)|Aranda]] || [[Illueca]] |- |15 || [[Ribera Alta del Ebro]] || [[Alagón, Zaragoza|Alagón]] |- |16 || [[Valdejalón]] || [[La Almunia de Doña Godina]] |- |17 || [[Zaragoza (comarca)|Zaragoza]] || [[Zaragoza]] |- |18 || [[Ribera Baja del Ebro]] ||[[Quinto, Aragon|Quinto]] |- |19 || [[Bajo Aragón-Caspe/Baix Aragó-Casp]] || [[Caspe]] |- | 20|| [[Comunidad de Calatayud]] ||[[Calatayud]] |- |21 || [[Campo de Cariñena]] || [[Cariñena, Aragon|Cariñena]] |- |22 ||[[Campo de Belchite]] || [[Belchite]] |- |24 || [[Campo de Daroca]] || [[Daroca]] |} The following comarcas having their capital in [[Huesca Province]] include municipal terms within Zaragoza Province:
* [[Bajo Cinca]]: [[Mequinenza]]. * [[Hoya de Huesca]]: [[Murillo de Gállego]] and [[Santa Eulalia de Gállego]]. * [[Jacetania]]: [[Artieda]], [[Mianos]], [[Salvatierra de Esca]] and [[Sigüés]]. * [[Monegros]]: [[La Almolda]], [[Bujaraloz]], [[Farlete]], [[Leciñena]], [[Monegrillo]] and [[Perdiguera]].
==Population== {{historical populations |align=none|cols=3 |graph-pos=bottom |1877|402614 |1887|415152 |1900|421023 |1910|449501 |1920|498590 |1930|530127 |1940|574566 |1950|609393 |1960|641115 |1970|757433 |1980|828588 |1990|837327 |2000|861855 |2010|975385 |2020|972528 | source= Instituto Nacional de Estadística, INE }}
<gallery widths=250 heights=185> File:0849 pilar ebro 2004.png |alt=The Ebro River in the City of Zaragoza |The [[Ebro River]] in the City of [[Zaragoza]] with the [[Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar]] on the right File:Moncayo desde Tarazona.jpg|alt=|The [[Moncayo Massif]] seen from [[Tarazona]] </gallery>
== See also == *[[List of municipalities in Zaragoza]]
== Notes and references== {{Reflist|2}}
== External links == {{Commons category|Province of Zaragoza}} * {{Official website|http://www.dpz.es/}}
{{Provinces of Aragon}} {{Provinces of Spain}} {{Municipalities in Zaragoza}} {{Portal bar|Spain}} {{Authority control}}
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