Cinco Villas, Aragon

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Cinco Villas (Spanish)
Zinco Billas (Aragonese)
Localizacion de Cinco Villas (Aragon).svg
Country Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Autonomous community Flag of Aragon.svg  Aragon
Province Zaragoza
Capital Ejea de los Caballeros
Municipalities
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Area
  Total3,062.5 km2 (1,182.4 sq mi)
Population
  Total33,584
  Density11/km2 (28/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Largest municipality Ejea de los Caballeros
City-wall gate in Sos del Rey Catolico. Sos del Rey Catolico - Portada.jpg
City-wall gate in Sos del Rey Católico.

Cinco Villas, in Aragonese: Zinco Billas, is a comarca in Aragon, Spain.

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This comarca is named after the five historical towns of Tauste, Ejea de los Caballeros (capital comarcal), Sádaba, Uncastillo and Sos del Rey Católico. The former capital of the area was Sos del Rey Católico. Cinco Villas borders with Navarre in the west and completely surrounds its exclave of Petilla de Aragón.

Municipalities

Ardisa, Asín, Bagüés, Biel, Biota, Castejón de Valdejasa, Castiliscar, Ejea de los Caballeros, Erla, El Frago, Isuerre, Layana, Lobera de Onsella, Longás, Luesia, Luna, Marracos, Navardún, Orés, Las Pedrosas, Piedratajada, Los Pintanos, Puendeluna, Sádaba, Sierra de Luna, Sos del Rey Católico, Tauste, Uncastillo, Undués de Lerda, Urriés and Valpalmas.

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