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1258:Tarragona
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646:Benabarre
637:Ribagorza
613:La Litera
601:Jacetania
489:Visigoths
442:Panticosa
430:Candanchú
348:Geography
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1273:Valencia
1228:La Rioja
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1068:Asturias
1058:Alicante
1053:Albacete
1043:A Coruña
981:Zaragoza
887:"Aragon"
831:See also
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479:History
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366:Spanish
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334:Navarre
289:, is a
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259:Catalan
251:Spanish
242:Oscense
238:Demonym
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1301:Portal
1283:Zamora
1268:Toledo
1263:Teruel
1203:Murcia
1198:Málaga
1193:Madrid
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