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Amposta
Sign in to saveAmposta () is the capital of the comarca of Montsià, in the province of Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain, 190 km south of Barcelona on the Mediterranean Coast. It is located at 8 metres above sea level, on the Ebre river, not far from its mouth. It has a population of .
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Amposta
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Pont penjat d'Amposta.JPG
- Settlement.image_flag
- Bandera d'Amposta.svg
- Settlement.image_shield
- Escut d'Amposta.svg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Spain Catalonia
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Catalonia
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Autonomous community
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Comarca
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Tarragona
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Montsià
- Settlement.leader_title
- mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Adam Tomàs Roiget (2015)
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 138.3
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 8
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Amposta
- Demonym
- ampostina
- Country
- Spain
- Located in
- Montsià
- Official language
- Spanish
- Population
- 22270
- Area
- 138.30
- Elevation
- 8
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Body of water
- Canal de la Dreta de l'Ebre
- Capital of
- Montsià
- Shares border with
- Masdenverge
- Official website
- www.amposta.cat
- Image
- Amposta - 53112907224.jpg
- Households
- 16
- Licence plate code
- T
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- Commons gallery
- Amposta
- twinned administrative body
- Saint-Jean-de-la-Ruelle
- Commons category
- Amposta
- postal code
- 43870
- catalog code
- 143
- female population
- 10289
- topic's main category
- Category:Amposta
- male population
- 10449
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Amposta () is the capital of the comarca of Montsià, in the province of Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain, 190 km south of Barcelona on the Mediterranean Coast. It is located at 8 metres above sea level, on the Ebre river, not far from its mouth. It has a population of .
The GR 92 long distance footpath, which roughly follows the length of the Mediterranean coast of Spain, has a staging point at Amposta. Stage 30 links northwards to L'Ampolla, a distance of , whilst stage 31 links southwards to the Pont de l'Olivar, a distance of .
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Amposta” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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