Os de Balaguer | |
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Os de Balaguer | |
Coordinates: 41°52′21″N0°43′12″E / 41.87250°N 0.72000°E Coordinates: 41°52′21″N0°43′12″E / 41.87250°N 0.72000°E | |
Country | Spain |
Community | Catalonia |
Province | Lleida |
Comarca | Noguera |
Government | |
• Mayor | Estefania Rufach Fontova (2015) [1] |
Area | |
• Total | 136.0 km2 (52.5 sq mi) |
Elevation | 463 m (1,519 ft) |
Population (2018) [3] | |
• Total | 1,009 |
• Density | 7.4/km2 (19/sq mi) |
Postal code | 25610 |
Website | www |
Os de Balaguer is a municipality in the comarca of Noguera, in the province of Lleida, Catalonia, Spain.
Economy is based on agriculture, with, in particular, the cultivation of vegetables, cereals and olive, and on animal husbandry as well.
Sights in the municipality include the rock paintings of Balma dels Vilars (included in the UNESCO Heritage list and the former Agostianian monastery of Santa Maria de Bellpuig de les Avellanes.
Os de Balaguer was the birthplace of Gaspar de Portolá (1716–1784), governor of Baja and Alta California (1767–1770), explorer and founder of San Diego and Monterey.
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