Chía, Aragon

Chía is a small town in the eastern Pyrenees, in Aragon, Spain; it is a municipality in the Huesca province.[3]

Municipality
Country Spain
Autonomous community22x20px Aragon
ProvinceHuesca
ComarcaRibagorza
Government
 • MayorEnrique Barrau Pallaruelo (PP de Aragón)
Area
 • Total25.95 km2 (10.02 sq mi)
Elevation1,195 m (3,921 ft)
Population
 (2012)[2]
 • Total97
 • Density3.738/km2 (9.68/sq mi)
Postal code
22465

People in this region speak patués, a dialect of the eastern Aragonese language.

Geography

File:MNAC.Barcelona - Romànic. Frontal de San Martín de Chía (Ribagorza, Huesca).jpg
Frontal part of the altar of the San Martín de Chía church, from the 13th century. Now in the National Museum of Art of Catalonia, Barcelona.

Chía is in the Benasque Valley, on the foot of the Sierra de Chía, a short mountain range in the Pyrenees.[3] It is about 114 km (70.8 mi) from Huesca, the capital city of the Huesca province.

The mean yearly temperature is 9.5 °C (49.1 °F) and the mean yearly rainfall is 1,200 mm (47.2 in).[3]

Buildings

Local holiday

  • 8 September - Spanish: Virgen de la Encontrada.[3]

References

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