Ribagorza

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Ribagorza

Capital Graus  Province Huesca  Largest city:  Demonym: ribagorzano, -a  Population: 12,811 inhabitants.  Area: 2,459.8 km²  Population Density: 5.2 people/km²

Municipalities Areny Benabarre Benasque Bisaurri Bonansa Campo Capella Castejón de Sos Castigaleu Chía Estopiñán del Castillo Foradada del Toscar Graus Isábena Lascuarre Laspaúles Monesma y Cajigar Montanuy Perarrúa La Puebla de Castro Puente de Montañana Sahún Santaliestra y San Quílez Secastilla Seira Sesué Sopeira Tolva Torre la Ribera Valle de Bardají Valle de Lierp Veracruz Viacamp y Litera Villanova

Ribagorza is an Aragonese county, or comarca, in the north-east of the province of Huesca, Spain. It borders the Haute-Garonne department in France to the north; and the Catalan province of Lleida to the east.

Within Aragon, its neighboring counties are Sobrarbe, Somontano de Barbastro and La Litera. Catalan border counties that flank Ribagorza include the Aran Valley, Alta Ribagorça, Pallars Jussà and Noguera.

The administrative capital of Ribagorza today is Graus, although historically it was at Benabarre. (See County of Ribagorza for the history of Ribagorza).

Ribagorçan is the eastern Aragonese dialect spoken in the county.

Municipalities in the eastern margin of the county, bordering Catalonia, are part of La Franja, a geo-linguistic area, where the local language is a variation of Catalan.