Tortosa

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Tortosa
Location
General information
Province	Tarragona
Comarca	Baix Ebre
Demonym	Tortosí, tortosina
Land Area	218.45 km²
Altitude	12 m AMSL
Population	34,832 (2007)
Density	159.45 cat./km²
Mayor	Ferran Bel i Accensi

Tortosa (Latin: Dertusa or Dertosa, Arabic: طرطوشة Ṭurṭūšah) is the capital of the comarca of Baix Ebre, in the province of Tarragona, in Catalonia, Spain, located at 12 metres above the sea, by the Ebre river. Population 34,832 (2007).

After more than four hundred years of Muslim Arabic rule, the city was conquered by the Count Ramon Berenguer IV of Barcelona in 1148.

Contents 1 History 2 Climate 3 Parks 4 Demography 5 See also 6 External links

[edit] History

[edit] Climate

[edit] Parks

[edit] Demography

Demographic evolution of Tortosa between 1991 and 2004

1991	1996	2001	2004
29,452	30,088	28,933	31,979

[edit] See also

• Bishop of Tortosa
• Disputation of Tortosa

[edit] External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Tortosa

• Official website (Catalan)
• Video on Tortosa
• Information - Generalitat de Catalunya (Catalan)
• Statistical information - Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya (Catalan)
• Monasteries in Catalonia. Tortosa (Catalan)
• The Tortosa Forum

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Coordinates: 40°48′46″N 0°31′24″E / 40.81278°N 0.52333°E / 40.81278; 0.52333