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Hoya de Huesca/Plana de Uesca / Spain

Hoya de Huesca/Plana de Uesca is a comarca in the province of Huesca . Capital city: Huesca, also the biggest of the 40 municipalities of the comarca. Surface: 2,525.60 km². Population: 60,525 .It occupies the central area of Somontano, between the Sotón and Alcanadre rivers and the Gratal and Guara mountains. The Isuela, Flumen and Guatizalema rivers also flow across its territory. It borders on the following comarcas: North - Jacetania and Alto Gállego South - Zaragoza and Monegros East - Somontano de Barbastro West - Cinco VillasThe local economy is based on agriculture and cattle raising. The main industry is metallurgy. Among the most popular places of interest are Huesca's 13th century Cathedral and the medieval town of Loarre.

Huesca Cathedral

Hoya de Huesca/Plana de Uesca / Spain

The Holy Cathedral of the Transfiguration of the Lord, also known as the Cathedral of Saint Mary of Huesca, is a Roman Catholic church in Huesca, in Aragon, north-eastern Spain. It is the seat of the Bishop of Huesca. Its architecture is Gothic, and its construction began in the late 13th century and was finished in the early 16th century.