Chía, Aragon

Chía
Municipality
Location of Chía in Spain
Location of Chía in Spain
Chía
Location in Spain
Coordinates: 42°31′15″N 0°27′57″E / 42.52083°N 0.46583°E / 42.52083; 0.46583
Country Spain
Autonomous community Aragon
ProvinceHuesca
ComarcaRibagorza
Government
 • MayorEnrique Barrau Pallaruelo (PP de Aragón)
Area
 • Total25.95 km2 (10.02 sq mi)
Elevation
[1]
1,195 m (3,921 ft)
Population
 (2012)[2]
 • Total97
 • Density3.7/km2 (9.7/sq mi)
DemonymChianos/chienses
Postal code
22465

Chía is a small town in the eastern Pyrenees, in Aragon, Spain; it is a municipality in the Huesca province.[3]

People in this region speak patués, a dialect of the eastern Aragonese language.

Geography

Frontal part of the altar of the San Martín de Chía church, from the 13th century. Now in the National Museum of Art of Catalonia, Barcelona.

Chía is in the Benasque Valley, on the foot of the Sierra de Chía, a short mountain range in the Pyrenees.[4] It is about 114 km (70.8 mi) from Huesca, the capital city of the Huesca province.

The mean yearly temperature is 9.5 °C (49.1 °F) and the mean yearly rainfall is 1,200 mm (47.2 in).[3]

Buildings

Local holiday

  • 8 September - Spanish: Virgen de la Encontrada.[3]

References

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  1. ↑ "Zonas altimétricas por rangos en Aragón y España, y altitud de los municipios de Aragón" (in Spanish). Gobierno de Aragón. Archived from the original on 4 December 2011. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
  2. ↑ "Censos de Población y Viviendas 2011" (in Spanish). INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Chía". GEA - Gran Enciclopedia Aragonesa (in Spanish). El Periódico de Aragón. Archived from the original on 5 August 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
  4. ↑ "Chía". Guía de Benasque y Cerler (in Spanish). Cerler Pirineos.es. Archived from the original on 18 July 2013. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
  5. ↑ "Chía: Ermita de San Martín". Rutas Románicas por el altoaragon (in Spanish). Románico Aragonés. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
  6. ↑ "Chía - Ribagorza (La)". Turismo Huesca (in Spanish). CAI Aragon Turismo. Archived from the original on 10 July 2013. Retrieved 27 July 2013.