Baix Ebre

Baix Ebre

Country: Spain
Autonomous community: Catalonia
Province: Tarragona
Capital: Tortosa
Municipalities: L'Aldea, Aldover, Alfara de Carles, L'Ametlla de Mar, L'Ampolla, Benifallet, Camarles, Deltebre, Paüls, El Perelló, Roquetes, Tivenys, Tortosa, Xerta
Area: Total 987.9 km2 (381.4 sq mi)
Population: Total 66,369
Density: 67.2/km2 (174/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
Largest municipality Tortosa
Baix Ebre is a comarca (county), on the coast in southern Catalonia, Spain.

Municipalities:
L'Aldea - population: 3590
Aldover - population: 814
Alfara de Carles - population: 377
L'Ametlla de Mar - population: 5835
L'Ampolla - population: 2133
Benifallet - population: 843
Camarles - population: 3060
Deltebre - population: 10697
Paüls - population: 625
El Perelló - population: 2246
Roquetes - population: 6839
Tivenys - population: 910
Tortosa - population: 31164
Xerta - population: 1278

On the Costa Daurada, between the Tortosa-Beseit mountain passes and the Ebro Delta (northern side); capital, Tortosa. The landscape varies from the steep slopes of the passes (Mola de Catí, Gúbies d'Ulldemó, etc.) and the Cardó massif to the arable plain watered by the Ebro, the rice fields, lagoons and long, lonely beaches of the Delta area. It includes half of the Ebro Delta Natural Park, the largest wetland in Catalonia; the rest of it is in Montsià. The city of Tortosa, which was already flourishing in Roman and Moorish times, had one of the largest urban districts in Catalonia, though over the years it has gradually been broken up by a series of divisions. Agriculture (boosted by the draining of the swamp lands of the Delta and the construction of the northern Ebro canal), fishing and industry are now complemented by tourism, thanks to the natural attractions (sea, mountains, fauna and flora of the Delta), hunting and fishing, water sports, sailing on the river or the architectural heritage.