Province of Huesca

Huesca/Uesca Province
Huesca/Uesca Province
Province
	The Marboré lake with the Monte Perdido and the Cilindro de Marboré in the background
	Ranked 43rd
• Density	14/km2 (36/sq mi)
Demonym	Oscense
Language(s)	Spanish, Aragonese, Catalan

Huesca (Aragonese: Uesca, Catalan: Osca), officially Huesca/Uesca,^[1] is a province of northeastern Spain, in northern Aragon. The capital is Huesca.

Positioned just south of the central

Lleida

.

Geography

"The Egg of Morrano" or the "Peña Falconera" rock formation (Spanish: *El Huevo de Morrano*).

Covering a primarily mountainous area of

15626 km², the province of Huesca has a total population of 219345 in 2018,^[2] with almost a quarter of its people living in the capital city of Huesca

. The low population density, 14.62/km², has meant that Huesca's lush valleys, rivers, and lofty mountain ranges have remained relatively pristine and unspoiled by progress.

Home to majestic scenery, the tallest mountain in the

Formigal, Astún, Panticosa and Cerler

.

Lakes

History

The Romans colonised the province of Huesca, which formed the northern part of

Kingdom of Spain

.

Administrative divisions

The modern day province comprises 10 comarcas and 202 municipalities.

Comarca	Capital City
Alto Gállego	Sabiñánigo
Bajo Cinca	Fraga
Cinca Medio	Monzón
Hoya de Huesca	Huesca
Jacetania	Jaca
La Litera	Tamarite de Litera
Monegros	Sariñena
Ribagorza	Graus, formerly Benabarre
Sobrarbe	Ainsa and Boltaña
Somontano de Barbastro	Barbastro

The following comarcas having their capital in Huesca Province include municipal terms within

Zaragoza Province

:

Bajo Cinca: Mequinenza
.

Hoya de Huesca: Murillo de Gállego and Santa Eulalia de Gállego
.

Jacetania: Artieda, Mianos, Salvatierra de Esca and Sigüés
.

Monegros: La Almolda, Bujaraloz, Farlete, Leciñena, Monegrillo and Perdiguera.

Population

The historical population is given in the following chart:

Language

Spanish is the primary language in the province. However, the local linguistic varieties in the center and north of the province (often called fabla) belong to the

Alto Gallego, Sobrarbe, and Ribagorza

, where hitherto landlocked and isolated villages have helped the language to thrive into the 21st century.

In the easternmost areas of the province, varieties of the Catalan language are spoken, with a few transitional dialects difficult to classify as Aragonese or Catalan.