La Litera/La Llitera | |
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Comarca | |
Country | Spain |
Autonomous community | Aragon |
Province | Huesca |
Capital | Binéfar/Binèfar |
Area | |
• Total | 733.9 km2 (283.4 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 18,847 |
• Density | 26/km2 (67/sq mi) |
Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
• Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
La Litera (Spanish: [la liˈteɾa]) or La Llitera (Catalan: [ɫə ʎiˈteɾə], locally: [la ʎiˈteɾa]) (Aragonese: A Litera) is an Aragonese comarca in the south-east of the province of Huesca.
Its cultural capital is Tamarite de Litera, its administrative capital is Binefar and it borders the comarques of Ribagorza, Somontano de Barbastro, Cinca Medio, Bajo Cinca in Aragon and Noguera and Segrià in Catalonia.
Its west half side belongs to the Catalan-speaking strip in eastern Aragon known as La Franja.
List of villages on the comarca. The traditional (Catalan) names of the towns are in brackets:
Coordinates: 41°53.15′N 0°23.57′E / 41.88583°N 0.39283°E