Teruel

Teruel
El Torico square
El Torico square
El Salvador tower
Mudéjar detail
Los Arcos aqueduct
Public Library
Flag of Teruel
Coat of arms of Teruel
Map
Location of Teruel
Teruel is located in Aragon
Teruel
Teruel
Location in Aragon and in Spain
Teruel is located in Spain
Teruel
Teruel
Teruel (Spain)
Coordinates: 40°20′37″N 1°6′26″W / 40.34361°N 1.10722°W / 40.34361; -1.10722
Country Spain
Autonomous community Aragón
ProvinceTeruel
ComarcaComunidad de Teruel
Judicial districtTeruel
Founded1171
Government
 • AlcaldeEmma Buj (Partido Popular de Aragón)
Area
 • Total440.41 km2 (170.04 sq mi)
Elevation
915 m (3,002 ft)
Population
 (2020)[1]
 • Total36,240
 • Density82/km2 (210/sq mi)
DemonymTurolense
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
44001 - 44003
Dialing code978
Official language(s)Spanish
WebsiteOfficial website

Teruel (Spanish: [teˈɾwel] ) is a city in Aragon, located in eastern Spain, and is also the capital of Teruel Province. It had a population of 35,900 as of 2022, making it the least populated provincial capital in Spain. It is noted for its harsh climate, with a wide daily variation on temperatures and its renowned jamón serrano (cured ham), its pottery, its surrounding archaeological sites, rock outcrops containing some of the oldest dinosaur remains of the Iberian Peninsula, and its famous events: La Vaquilla del Ángel[2] during the weekend (Friday to Monday) closest to 10 July and "Bodas de Isabel de Segura" around the third weekend of February.

Teruel is regarded as the "town of Mudéjar" (Moorish-influenced architecture) due to numerous buildings designed in this style. All of them are comprised in the Mudéjar Architecture of Aragon which is a World Heritage Site by the UNESCO.

Teruel's remote and mountainous location 915 metres (3,002 feet) above sea level and its low population has led to relative isolation within Spain. A campaign group with the slogan Teruel existe ("Teruel exists") was founded in 1999 to press for greater recognition and investment in the town and the province. Due in part to the campaign, transport connections to Teruel were improved with the construction of a motorway between Zaragoza and Sagunto. However, Teruel remains the only provincial capital in peninsular Spain without a direct road or railway link to the national capital, Madrid. A running joke in the Spanish online satirical publication El Mundo Today is that Teruel does not exist.[3]

  1. ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  2. ^ Photographer/Writer, Lori Needleman (29 June 2016). "Move Over San Fermín: There's Another Fiesta In Spain -- La Vaquilla Del Ángel". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
  3. ^ "Teruel".