Jaca

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Jaca is a town in northeastern Spain, in the Pyrenees of Aragon, known as a mountain resort and former candidate host city for the Winter Olympics.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf municipality
town
administrativeStatus municipality of the province of Huesca
country Spain
distanceTo about 140 km north of Zaragoza
about 72 km northwest of Huesca
elevation around 820 meters above sea level
governedBy Ayuntamiento de Jaca
hasClimate oceanic climate with mountain influences
hasDemonym jacetana
jacetano
hasEconomicActivity services
tourism
winter sports industry
hasFeature fortified citadel
medieval urban core
ski resorts in surrounding area
hasHistoricalSignificance important medieval stop on the Way of St. James
hasLandmark Cathedral of Jaca
Jaca Citadel
Romanesque cathedral
hasPopulation around 13,000 inhabitants
hasPostalCodePrefix 22700
hasProvinceCapital Huesca
hasReligiousBuilding Cathedral of San Pedro de Jaca
hasTransport road connections to Huesca
road connections to Pamplona
is former candidate host city for the Winter Olympics
mountain resort
isCapitalOf comarca of La Jacetania
isOnRoute Camino de Santiago
knownFor historic old town
mountain tourism
winter sports
language Spanish
locatedIn Aragon
Huesca province
locatedInMountainRange Pyrenees
locatedInRegion northeastern Spain
locatedOnRiver Aragón River
nearBorderWith France
partOf autonomous community of Aragon
timeZone Central European Time
timeZoneDST Central European Summer Time
wasCandidateFor Winter Olympic Games

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