Huesca (Spain
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Information for Authority record
Name (Hebrew)
הואסקה (ספרד : פרובינציה)
Name (Latin)
Huesca (Spain : Province)
Other forms of name
nnaa Huesca, Spain (Province)
Alto Aragón (Spain)
Coordinates
-0.408897222 -0.408897222 42.1401 42.1401 (gooearth )
W0002445 W0002445 N0420854 N0420854 (geonames )
Associated country
Spain
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- Hombres, fieras y presas, 1995:t.p. (Huesca) p. 17 (Provincia de Huesca)
- NIS gaz. Spain, 1950:(Huesca, Provincia de, ADMD; 42p0s10ʹN, 0p0s10ʹW)
- Historia del Alto Aragón, 2000: p. 12 (the lands of the present province of Huesca began to be called "Alto Aragón in the second half of 19th c.)
Wikipedia description:
Huesca (Spanish: [ˈweska]; Aragonese: Uesca) is a city in north-eastern Spain, within the autonomous community of Aragon. It was the capital of the Kingdom of Aragon between 1096 and 1118. It is also the capital of the Spanish province of the same name and of the comarca of Hoya de Huesca. In 2009, it had a population of 52,059, almost a quarter of the total population of the province. The city is one of the smallest provincial capitals in Spain. Huesca celebrates its main festival, the Fiestas de San Lorenzo, in honor of Saint Lawrence, from 9 to 15 August.
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