Tarragona

Port and capital of Tarragona province in Cataluña, northeast Spain, at the mouth of the Francoli River on the Mediterranean coast; population (2001) 113,100. Industries include petrochemicals, pharmaceuticals, and electrical goods. It has a cathedral and Roman remains, including an aqueduct and amphitheatre.

Tarragona was sacked by the Visigoths in 467, and taken by the Moors in 714; Alfonso I of Aragón captured it from the Moors in 1120. The Romanesque and Gothic cathedral stands on the site of a temple of Jupiter.

Tarragona

Province of northeast Spain in Cataluñ autonomous community; area 6,283 sq km/2,426 sq mi; population (1991 est) 538,000. Its western coastline is on the Mediterranean Sea, and to the south lies the delta of the River Ebro. The province is fertile and well forested, and products include wine, fruit, olive oil, silk, hemp, and cereals. There are food industries here, including poultry production; limestone and marble are quarried, and there is some copper, lead, and silver mining. The capital is Tarragona.