Place:Tarragona, Cataluña, Spain

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NameTarragona
Alt namesTarracosource: Times Atlas of World History (1993) p 357
Tarragona provincesource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeProvince
Coordinates41.117°N 1.25°E
Located inCataluña, Spain     (1979 - )
Contained Places
Comarca
Alt Camp
Baix Camp
Baix Ebre
Baix Penedès
Conca de Barberà
Montsià
Priorat
Tarragonès
Terra Alta
Inhabited place
Aguiló
Alcanar
Amposta
Barberà de la Conca
Cambrils
Centcelles
Cherta
Falset
Gandesa
Guiamets
Horta
La Canonja
Montblanch
Poblet
Reus
Roda
Salou
San Carlos de la Rápita
San Jaime dels Domenys
Santa Barbara
Tarragona
Tortosa
Valls
Vendrell
Municipality
El Vendrell
Unknown
Vilarrodona
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Tarragona is a province of eastern Spain, in the southern part of the autonomous community of Catalonia. It is bordered by the provinces of Castellón, Teruel, Zaragoza, Lérida and Barcelona and by the Mediterranean Sea.


The province's population is 795,902 (2018), about one fifth of whom live in the capital, Tarragona. Some of the larger cities and towns in Tarragona province include Reus, Salou, El Vendrell, Tortosa, Valls, Amposta. This province has 183 municipalities. The province includes several World Heritage Sites and is a popular tourist destination. There are Roman Catholic cathedrals in Tarragona and Tortosa.

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