Bajo Aragón

Lower Aragon

*Bajo Aragón*
Lower Aragon Bajo Aragón
Comarca
	Location of Bajo Aragón in Aragón and location of the municipalities in Bajo Aragón.
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Aragón
Province	Teruel
Capital	Alcañiz
Municipalities	List See text;
Area
• Total	1,304.2 km2 (503.6 sq mi)
Population (2008 )
• Total	30,146
• Density	23/km2 (60/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	bajoaragonés/a
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Largest municipality	Alcañiz
Website	Official website

Bajo Aragón (Spanish: [ˈbaxo aɾaˈɣon]) (Aragonese: Baxo Aragón; Catalan: Baix Aragó) is an administrative comarca in eastern central Aragon, Spain. It was first established in 1999. It has a population of 29,358 (2007) and an area of 1.304,2 km². The seat of the comarca is in Alcañiz. It is located in Teruel Province, in the transitional area between the Iberian System and the Ebro Valley.

View of Mas de las Matas.

The municipalities of Aguaviva, Belmonte de San José, La Cañada de Verich, La Cerollera, La Codoñera, La Ginebrosa and Torrevelilla belong to the Catalan-speaking strip in eastern Aragon known as La Franja.

Historical region[]

The name Bajo Aragón, Lower Aragon, was already used before 1999 for a much larger area, a historical region now sometimes called Bajo Aragón histórico in order to differentiate it from the present-day administrative comarca.