什麼是亞拉岡

西班牙東北部自治區（1996年人口約1,188,000），面積約18,398平方哩（47,651平方公里），首府爲薩拉戈薩（Saragossa）。範圍大致相當於歷史上亞拉岡王國。境內有中庇里牛斯和伊比利山區，厄波羅河（Ebro River）流經大部分地區。1035年拉米羅一世（Ramiro I）建立亞拉岡王國，後來這塊土地落入摩爾人手裏。1118年當時的阿爾摩拉維德王國的首都薩拉戈薩爲亞拉岡的阿方索一世（Alfonso I）所佔，現在亞拉岡的版圖大致在12世紀末底定。13～14世紀時，其統治了西西里、薩丁尼亞、那不勒斯和那瓦爾。15世紀費迪南德五世（Ferdinand V）與卡斯提爾的伊莎貝拉一世（Isabella I）結婚，亞拉岡和卡斯提爾王國合併，爲近代的西班牙奠定了初步基礎。1833年亞拉岡被畫爲幾個省。經濟以農業、採礦和工業爲主，工業集中在薩拉戈薩。

Aragon

Autonomous community (pop., 1996 est.: 1,188,000), northeastern Spain. It occupies an area of 18,398 sq mi (47,651 sq km); its capital is at the city of Saragossa. It is roughly coextensive with the historical kingdom of Aragon. Mountains, including the Pyrenees, dominate the relief north and south of the Ebro River, which bisects Aragon. Established in 1035 by Ramiro I, the historical kingdom grew as land was retaken from the Moors: Saragossa, the capital of the Almoravid kingdom, fell to Alfonso I of Aragon in 1118, and the reconquest of present-day Aragon was completed by the late 12th century. In the 13th-14th century, it came to rule Sicily, Sardinia, Naples, and Navarre. In the 15th century Ferdinand married Isabella of Castile, uniting the kingdoms of Aragon and Castile and forming the nucleus of modern Spain. The old kingdom of Aragon survived as an administrative unit until 1833, when it was divided into provinces. Agriculture, mining, and industry, the latter concentrated at Saragossa, are economically important.