Tarragona
Tarraco is the ancient name of the current city of Tarragona. It was the oldest Roman settlement on the Iberian Peninsula. It became the capital of Hispania Tarraconensis following the latter's creation during the Roman Empire.
- Locality with 142,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of 60 metres (197 feet)
- …has the IATA airport code QGN
- Description: ancient city on the site of modern Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain
- Postal codes43001-430084307043071430804313043205
- Also known as“Archaeological Ensemble of Tárraco”“Colonia Iulia Urbs Triumphalis Tarraco”“Tarraco”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tarragona Amphitheatre and Roman Theatre.
Roman Theatre
Archaeological site
Photo: Lluis tgn, Public domain.Tarragona Railway Station
Railway station
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sant Pere i Sant Pau and Constantí Municipality.
Constantí Municipality
Village
Photo: Tabalot, Public domain.
Tarragona
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Latitude
41.1191° or 41° 7′ 9″ north
Longitude
1.2454° or 1° 14′ 44″ east
UN/LOCODE
ES TAR
Open location code
8FH3469W+J5
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In Other Languages
From Ancient Greek to Vietnamese—“Tarragona” goes by many names.
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Ταρρακών”
- Aragonese: “Colonia Iulia Urbs Triumphalis Tarraco”
- Armenian: “Տառակո”
- Azerbaijani: “Tarrakon”
- Basque: “Tarraco”
- Basque: “Tarragona”
- Belarusian: “Таракон”
- Catalan: “Colonia Iulia Urbs Triumphalis Tarraco”
- Catalan: “Tarraco”
- Catalan: “Tàrraco”
- Catalan: “Tarragona”
- Catalan: “Ταρρακών”
- Chinese: “塔拉科”
- Chinese: “塔拉科考古遗址”
- Chinese: “塔拉科考古遺址”
- Danish: “Tarragona”
- Dutch: “Archeologisch ensemble van Tárraco”
- Dutch: “Tarraco”
- Dutch: “Tarragona”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مدينة جوليا كولون”
- Esperanto: “Arkeologia ensemblo de Taragono”
- Esperanto: “Taragono”
- Finnish: “Tarraco”
- Finnish: “Tarragona”
- French: “Tarraco”
- French: “Tarragone”
- Galician: “Tarraco”
- Galician: “Tarragona”
- Georgian: “ტარაკო”
- German: “Tarraco”
- German: “Tarragona”
- Greek: “Τάρρακο”
- Hebrew: “טאראקו”
- Hebrew: “טרגונה”
- Hindi: “तराको”
- Indonesian: “Tarraco”
- Italian: “Tarraco”
- Italian: “Tarragona”
- Japanese: “タラゴナ”
- Latin: “Colonia Iulia Urbs Triumphalis Tarraco”
- Latin: “Tarraco”
- Latin: “Tarrago”
- Latvian: “Tarrakona”
- Lithuanian: “Tarakonas”
- Malayalam: “ടാരാകോ”
- Maltese: “Colonia Iulia Urbs Triumphalis Tarraco”
- Maltese: “Tarraco”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Tarraco”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Tarragona”
- Persian: “تاراگونا”
- Persian: “تاریکو”
- Polish: “Tarragona”
- Portuguese: “Tarraco”
- Portuguese: “Tarragona”
- Romanian: “Tarraco”
- Russian: “Таррагона”
- Russian: “Тарракон”
- Slovenian: “Tarraco”
- Spanish: “Colonia Iulia Urbs Triumphalis Tarraco”
- Spanish: “Colonia Julia Urbs Triumphalis Tarraco”
- Spanish: “Tarraco”
- Spanish: “Tarragona”
- Spanish: “Ταρρακών”
- Swedish: “Tarraco”
- Swedish: “Tarragona”
- Tahitian: “Tarragona”
- Turkish: “Tarraco”
- Ukrainian: “Таррако”
- Vietnamese: “Tarraco”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Plaça de la Imperial Tarraco and AC Hotel Tarragona.
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