16 Facts About Zaragoza

Zaragoza, known in English as Saragossa, is the capital city of the Zaragoza Province and of the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain.

Zaragoza hosted Expo 2008 in the summer of 2008, a world's fair on water and sustainable development.

In 1018, amid the collapse of the Caliphate of Cordoba, Zaragoza became an independent Taifa of Zaragoza, initially controlled by the Tujibid family, then ruled by the Banu Hud from 1039.

The opening of the Madrid–Zaragoza line took place a year and a half later, on 16 May 1863.

Zaragoza is located near the confluence of the Ebro with the Gallego, a more voluminous left-bank tributary born in the Pyrenees.

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Zaragoza has a semi-arid climate, as it lies in a wide basin entirely surrounded by mountains which block off moist air from the Atlantic and Mediterranean.

Zaragoza is administratively divided into 15 urban districts and 14 rural neighborhoods:.

Currently, Zaragoza Airport is a major cargo hub in the Iberian Peninsula, behind only Madrid, Barcelona, and Lisbon.

Zaragoza is home to a Spanish Air and Space Force base, which was shared with the U S Air Force until 1994.

Zaragoza has an interurban bus network operated by Transport Consortium Zaragoza Area that operates 17 regular lines.

Zaragoza is a part of the Spanish high-speed railway operated by Renfe, AVE, which connects Madrid, Lleida, Tarragona, Barcelona and Figueres via high-speed rail.

Zaragoza Airport is located in the Garrapinillos neighbourhood, 10 kilometres from the city centre.

Zaragoza CFF is a Spanish women's football team from Zaragoza playing in Primera Division Femenina.

Zaragoza was one of the Spanish cities which hosted the FIFA World Cup 1982.

Main basketball team, Basket Zaragoza, known as Tecnyconta Zaragoza for sponsorship reasons, plays in the Liga ACB.

Zaragoza was strongly associated with Jaca in its failed bid for the 2014 Winter Olympics.