Applicant UNESCO Global Geopark Maestrazgo, Spain Geographical
Template/example 2016 Applicant UNESCO Global Geopark Maestrazgo, Spain geographical and geological summary Please replace the map below with a map of your region, using a standard UN map showing the location of the aspiring UNESCO Global Geopark as shown in this example. Please replace the map below with a map of the aspiring UNESCO Global Geopark indicating the boundary, cities, general geographic points, as shown in this example. Template/example 2016 1. Physical and human geography- 1500 characters Including for example: location, geographical coordinates, surface area, distance to main cities/to the border, landscape, relief type (mountain, plains, valleys, caves…), maximum and minimum elevation, climate, nature, administrative region and country, number of inhabitants, economic activity, settlements, infrastructure, etc. The aspiring Geopark is located between the geographic coordinates (DMS): 40º13'23 '' - 41º0'6.6 '' N and 0º4'15.18 '' - 1º1'17.78''W in the eastern central region of the province of Teruel (Aragón, Spain) in the catchment of the Guadalope river. With around 14,000 inhabitants, it has an extension of 2,622 km2. The area belongs to the Iberian Range, a dry mountain land characterized by hot summers and cold winters and with deeply incised valleys. It is mostly a mountainous area with Mediterranean influence with its highest peak at 1997 m and the lowest at 480 m AMSL. The area lies in the former kingdom of Aragón and in the Middle Ages it was named "Maestrazgo" by the "maestres", a military order which administered this region. The Maestrazgo Geopark covers 43 Municipatilies from six different Comarcas of the Teruel province: Andorra - Sierra de Arcos, Bajo Aragón, Cuencas Mineras, Gúdar - Javalambre, Maestrazgo and Comunidad de Teruel.
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