Sierra de Gata | |
Native Name Lang: | es |
Settlement Type: | Comarca |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Spain |
Subdivision Type1: | Autonomous community |
Subdivision Name1: | Extremadura |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Cáceres |
Seat Type: | Capital |
Parts Type: | Municipalities |
Parts Style: | list |
P1: | See text |
Area Total Km2: | 1254 |
Population Total: | 18500 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Blank Name Sec1: | Largest municipality |
Blank Info Sec1: | Valverde del Fresno |
Timezone1: | CET |
Utc Offset1: | +1 |
Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
Area Code Type: | Dialing code |
Sierra de Gata is a comarca at the northern end of province of Cáceres in Extremadura, one of Spain's seventeen Autonomous Communities. The mountain range of Sierra de Gata is in the area and has given its name to the comarca. The main town is Moraleja.
This comarca borders with Portugal in the west in the area of the Portuguese Serra da Malcata Natural Reserve.There are linguistic affinities between this comarca and neighboring Las Hurdes.[1]
The traditional names of the towns and aldeas are in brackets.