Province of Teruel
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Teruel (Catalan: Terol [təˈɾɔl]) is a province of Aragon, in the northeast of Spain. The capital is Teruel.
Teruel Province | |
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Coordinates: 40°40′N 0°40′W | |
Country | Spain |
Autonomous community | Aragon |
Capital | Teruel |
Area | |
• Total | 14,809 km2 (5,718 sq mi) |
• Rank | Ranked 10th |
2.93% of Spain | |
Population (2018) | |
• Total | 134,572 |
• Rank | Ranked 49th |
• Density | 9.1/km2 (24/sq mi) |
Demonym | Turolense |
It is bordered by the provinces of Tarragona, Castellón, Valencia (including its exclave Rincón de Ademuz), Cuenca, Guadalajara, and Zaragoza. The area of the province is 14,809 km². Its population is 134,572 (2018), of whom about a quarter live in the capital, and its population density is 9.36/km². It contains 236 municipalities, of which more than half are villages of under 200 people. Teruel is the second-least populated province of Spain, and also the second-lowest in population density, in both counts after the province of Soria.
The main language throughout the province is Spanish (with official status), although Catalan is spoken in a northeastern area bordering Catalonia.