Tarragona

Also known as Tarraco, Tarqon, Tarragona, Catalonia

Tarragona is a city and municipality in Catalonia, Spain. It is the capital and largest town of Tarragonès county, the Camp de Tarragona region and the province of Tarragona. Geographically, it is located on the Costa Daurada area on the Mediterranean shore, around the mouth of the Francolí.

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Tarragona is a city on Spain's Mediterranean coast in the region of Catalonia, serving as the capital of Tarragona province and the surrounding Camp de Tarragona region. Located at the mouth of the Francolí River on the Costa Daurada coastline, it functions as the largest town in its county and an important urban center for the area.

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Tarragona
Settlement.translit_lang1_type: Catalan
Settlement.translit_lang1_info: Tarragona
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality
Settlement.image_flag: Bandera de Tarragona.svg
Settlement.image_shield: Escudo de Tarragona.svg
Settlement.map_caption: Location of Tarragona
Settlement.image_map1: Localització de Tarragona respecte del Tarragonès.svg
Settlement.map_caption1: Location in Tarragonès county
Settlement.pushpin_map: Spain Catalonia vegueries#Spain
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location within Catalonia##Location within Spain
Settlement.subdivision_type: Sovereign state
Settlement.subdivision_name: Spain
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Community
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Catalonia
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Camp de Tarragona
Settlement.subdivision_type3: County

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Tarragona
Demonym: tarragonina
Country: Spain
Located in: Tarragonès
Official language: Catalan
Population: 141151
Area: 57.90
Elevation: 68
Time zone: UTC+01:00
Body of water: Francolí River
Capital of: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tarragona
Shares border with: Vila-seca
Follows: Colonia Iulia Urbs Triumphalis Tarraco
Official website: tarragona.cat
Image: E5320-Vista-de-Tarragona.jpg
Households: 960
Dialing code: 977
Licence plate code: T
Patron saint: Thecla

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twinned administrative body: Tirana
Commons category: Tarragona
postal code: 43001–43008
topic's main category: Category:Tarragona
category of associated people: Category:People from Tarragona
Commons gallery: Tarragona
category for people born here: Category:Births in Tarragona
category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Tarragona
described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia
partially coincident with: Colonia Iulia Urbs Triumphalis Tarraco
inception: 1165-00-00
male population: 65505
female population: 69010
different from: Province of Tarragona
native label: Tarragona
P8168: Emme
catalog code: 68
member of: Organization of World Heritage Cities
P12749: 1913

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

History
Punic etymology
Mythical origins
Theories of origin
Rome
From the demise of the Roman Empire to the union of Spain
Jewish history
Peninsular War
Spanish Civil War
Main sights
Ancient remains
Religious buildings
Economy
Tourism
Cuisine
Climate
Events
Politics
Twin towns and sister cities
Notable people
See also
Notes
References
External links

Developed in a favourable location on a coastal hill by ancient Romans in the context of the Second Punic War near a previous Iberian settlement, Tarraco eventually became the gateway for Roman control of the Iberian Peninsula. It served as the capital, successively, of the provinces of Hispania Citerior and Hispania Tarraconensis and also became a bishopric seat. Urban continuity is presumed to have been the norm in the 8th century following its integration into Al-Andalus. The Camp de Tarragona later turned into a borderland, and the city was abandoned by Muslims by the mid 10th century. Early Christian repopulation of the city and its hinterland in the 12th century took the form of an autonomous principality, before its 1173 full integration into the Principality of Catalonia and the Crown of Aragon.

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