Zaragoza (disambiguation)

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Zaragoza is the name of several places:

• Colombia
  • Zaragoza, Antioquia
• El Salvador
  • Zaragoza, La Libertad
• Guatemala
  • Zaragoza, Chimaltenango
• Mexico
  • Zaragoza, Coahuila
  • Zaragoza, Chiapas
  • Zaragoza, Chihuahua
  • Zaragoza, Puebla
  • Zaragoza, Veracruz
• Philippines
  • Zaragoza, Nueva Ecija
• Spain
  • Zaragoza, Spain in Aragón.
  • Zaragoza (province) in Aragón.
  • Zaragoza (comarca) in Aragón.

The Spanish places are also occasionally referred to by the English spelling Saragossa (which comes from Catalan). This variant is always used in referring to The Manuscript Found in Saragossa (also known as the Saragossa Manuscript), a novel by Jan Potocki, upon which a film was also based.

Zaragoza can also be a surname:

• Federico Mayor Zaragoza, Spanish scholar, politician, Head of UNESCO from 1987 to 1999.
• Ignacio Zaragoza, Mexican military commander of the 19th century

Other uses:

• Metro Zaragoza, a station on the Mexico City Metro.
• Zaragoza, a station on the Monterrey Metro.
• Real Zaragoza, a football club from Spain.
• The name of an Mesoamerican obsidian source in Mexico.