Aragon

Aragon Aragón  (Spanish) Aragón  (Aragonese) Aragó  (Catalan)
Autonomous community
Flag Coat of arms
Anthem: Himno de Aragón (officially) Unofficial Anthem: "Canto a la libertad"
Location of Aragon within Spain
Coordinates: 41°00′N 1°00′W / 41.000°N 1.000°W / 41.000; -1.000
Country	Spain
Capital	Zaragoza
Provinces	Huesca, Teruel, and Zaragoza
Government
• President	Javier Lambán (PSOE)
• Legislature	Cortes of Aragon
Area (9.4% of Spain; ranked 4th)
• Total	47,720 km2 (18,420 sq mi)
Population  (1 January 2021)
• Total	1,326,261
• Density	28/km2 (72/sq mi)
• Pop. rank	11th
• Percent	2.82% of Spain
Demonym	Aragonese
ISO 3166 code	ES-AR
Official languages	Spanish
Recognised languages	Aragonese, Catalan[1]
Statute of Autonomy	16 August 1982 18 April 2007 (current version)
National day	23 April
Parliament	Cortes of Aragon
Congress seats	13 (of 350)
Senate seats	14 (of 265)
HDI (2019)	0.911[2] very high · 6th
Website	Gobierno de Aragón

Aragon is an autonomous community in the northeast of Spain. In the various dialects of Spain it is: in Aragonese: Aragón; in Spanish: Aragón; in Catalan: Aragó.

Aragon covers the area of the medieval Kingdom of Aragon. It is named after the Aragón river, a tributary of the Ebro.

Aragon has three provinces (from north to south): Huesca, Zaragoza and Teruel. Its capital is Zaragoza (sometimes called Saragossa in English).

1. ↑ "LEY 10/2009, de 22 de diciembre, de uso, protección y promoción de las lenguas propias de Aragón" (PDF). Archived from the original on 28 March 2010. Retrieved 2010-04-29.
2. ↑ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved October 23, 2021.