Zaragoza

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Zaragoza (Spanish: [θaɾaˈɣoθa] ), traditionally known in English as Saragossa ( SARR-ə-GOSS-ə), is the capital city of the autonomous community of Aragon and the province of Zaragoza in Spain. It lies by the Ebro river and its tributaries, the Huerva and the Gállego, roughly in the centre of both Aragon and the Ebro basin. As of 2025, Zaragoza had a population of 699,007, making it the 4th most populous city in Spain, on a land area of 974.00 square kilometres (376.06 square miles) and is the centre of a metropolitan area of around 760,000. The municipality is home to more than 50% of the Aragonese population. The city lies at an elevation of about 208 metres (682 feet) above sea level. In the 1st century BCE, Romans founded the colony of Caesaraugusta over the Sedetani settlement of Salduie. The city was the capital of the Upper March of Al-Andalus under Umayyad rule, later thriving as a capital of a rump state ruled by the Banu Hud, the taifa of Zaragoza. It swiftly became the political...

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