Tarragona
municipality in Catalonia, Spain
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Summary
Tarragona is a municipality of Catalonia[1]. Tarragona ranks in the top 0.45% of municipality of catalonia entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,230 views/month, #4 of 888).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: Ciudades Patrimonio de la Humanidad de España[3], Organization of World Heritage Cities[4]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Tarragonès[5]
- Country: Spain[6]
- Located in or next to body of water: Mediterranean Sea[7], Gaià River[8], Francolí River[9]
- Head of government: Rubén Viñuales[10]
- Capital: Tarragona City[11]
- Official language: Catalan[12]
- Shares border with: Altafulla[13], La Canonja[14], El Catllar[15], Reus[16], La Riera de Gaià[17], Constantí[18], Els Pallaresos[19], Vila-seca[20]
- Follows: Colonia Iulia Urbs Triumphalis Tarraco[21]
- Twinned administrative body: Klagenfurt am Wörthersee[22], Voiron[23], Avignon[24], Orléans[25], Pozzuoli[26], Alghero[27], Stafford[28], Pompei[29], Pančevo[30], Tirana[31]
- Coat of arms: Escudo de Tarragona[32]
- Postal code: 43001–43008[33]
- Part of: Q107556148[34]
- Commons category: Tarragona[35]
- Licence plate code: T[36]
- Patron saint: Thecla[37]
- Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[38]
- Local dialing code: 977[39]
- Catalog code: 68[40]
- Inception: 1834[41], 1165[42]
- Significant event: Siege of Tarragona[43], Siege of Tarragone[44], 2018 Mediterranean Games[45], Battle of Tarraco[46], Tarragona castle competition[47], Tarraco Viva[48], Enpetrol attack[49], 2020 Tarragona explosion[50], Tarragona International Fireworks Displays Competition[51], 522 Spanish Martyrs[52]
- Official website: https://tarragona.cat[53]
- Topic's main category: Category:Tarragona[54]
- Commons gallery: Tarragona[55]
- Population: 133,545[56], 133,954[57], 134,085[58]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Tarragona include Tarragona railway station[59], a railway station[60], in Spain[61], founded in 1856[62].
Why It Matters
Tarragona has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[63] Tarragona is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[64]
Entities named for Tarragona include Tarragona railway station[59], a railway station[60], in Spain[61], founded in 1856[62].