
Alcañiz
Sign in to savethumb|250px|Plaza de España Alcañiz () is a town and municipality of Teruel province in the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain. The town is located on the banks of the river Guadalope. Alcañiz is the unofficial capital of the Lower Aragon historical region. It lies some from Teruel, the provincial capital, and from Zaragoza, the capital of Aragon.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Alcañiz
- Settlement.image_flag
- Bandera Alcaniz.svg
- Settlement.image_shield
- Coat of Arms of Alcañiz.svg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Spain Aragon#Spain
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of Alcañiz within Aragon##Location of Alcañiz withinSpain
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Autonomous community
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Teruel
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Comarca
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Bajo Aragón
- Settlement.subdivision_type4
- Judicial district
- Settlement.subdivision_name4
- Alcañiz
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor (2019– )
- Settlement.leader_name
- Ignacio Urquizu Sancho
- Settlement.leader_party
- PSOE-Aragón
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 472.12
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 340
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Spain
- Official name
- Alcañiz
- Country
- Spain
- Located in
- Teruel Province
- Continent
- Europe
- Population
- 16505
- Area
- 472.116708
- Elevation
- 340
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Maella
- Official website
- www.alcaniz.es
- Image
- Vista general con el castillo como protagonista - Alcañiz.JPG
- Dialing code
- 978
- Licence plate code
- TE
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- postal code
- 44600
- Commons category
- Alcañiz
- twinned administrative body
- Vinaròs
- native label
- Alcañiz
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Alcañiz
- topic's main category
- Category:Alcañiz
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Alcañiz
- male population
- 7911
- female population
- 8036
- P8168
- Svitava
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- History
- Jewish history
- Demography
- Climate
- Main sights
- Notable people
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|250px|Plaza de España Alcañiz () is a town and municipality of Teruel province in the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain. The town is located on the banks of the river Guadalope. Alcañiz is the unofficial capital of the Lower Aragon historical region. It lies some from Teruel, the provincial capital, and from Zaragoza, the capital of Aragon.
Alcañiz is the capital of the Bajo Aragón comarca and the second city in the province after Teruel.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Alcañiz” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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