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Mountain, the highest peak in the entire Pyrenean chain. The term Alto Aragon, or highlands, is used to contrast with the Bajo Aragon, referring to the lowlands or flat plains of Aragon which roughly begins around the
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Usually used in a cultural context, the term Alto Aragon, when referring to "the Highlands", conveys a sense of cultural character - of noble, fiercely independent, Pyrenean
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The Alto Aragon or Highlands of Aragon are, historically and geographically, made up of the original independent counties of the Frankish
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was born in the Alto Aragon, the highlands, and today this is where it continues to be spoken most actively, by over 10,000 people.
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The term Alto Aragon is also used interchangeably to refer to the
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county of Huesca stretching south to the Ebro river basin.
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This article about a location in Aragon, Spain, is a
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