Alcañiz
Sign in to savethumb|250px|Plaza de España Alcañiz () is a town and municipality of Teruel province in the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain. The town is located on the banks of the river Guadalope. Alcañiz is the unofficial capital of the Lower Aragon historical region. It lies some from Teruel, the provincial capital, and from Zaragoza, the capital of Aragon.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Alcañiz
- Settlement.image_flag
- Bandera Alcaniz.svg
- Settlement.image_shield
- Coat of Arms of Alcañiz.svg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Spain Aragon#Spain
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of Alcañiz within Aragon##Location of Alcañiz withinSpain
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Autonomous community
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Teruel
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Comarca
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Bajo Aragón
- Settlement.subdivision_type4
- Judicial district
- Settlement.subdivision_name4
- Alcañiz
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor (2019– )
- Settlement.leader_name
- Ignacio Urquizu Sancho
- Settlement.leader_party
- PSOE-Aragón
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 472.12
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 340
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- Notable people
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thumb|250px|Plaza de España Alcañiz () is a town and municipality of Teruel province in the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain. The town is located on the banks of the river Guadalope. Alcañiz is the unofficial capital of the Lower Aragon historical region. It lies some from Teruel, the provincial capital, and from Zaragoza, the capital of Aragon.
Alcañiz is the capital of the Bajo Aragón comarca and the second city in the province after Teruel.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Alcañiz” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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