Cuencas Mineras

Cuenca Mineras ( Engl. about mining basin ) is a Comarca (administrative unit ) of the Aragon Autonomous Community in Spain. It is located in the center of the province of Teruel and has an area of ​​1407.6 km ² 9,604 inhabitants. Its main towns are Montalbán and Utrillas, the largest of the 31 associated municipalities.

The Comarca is bordered to the west by the Comarca del Jiloca, to the north by the Campo de Belchite, on the east by the Comarcas Bajo Martín, Andorra -Sierra de Arcos and Bajo Aragón and on the south by the Comunidad de Teruel and the Maestrazgo.

Besides Utrillas and Montalbán include the communities Alcaine, Aliaga, Anadón, Blesa, Cañizar del Olivar, Castel de Cabra, Cortes de Aragón, Cuevas de Almudén, Escucha, Fuenferrada, Hinojosa de Jarque, La Hoz de la Vieja, Huesa del Common Market, Jarque de la Val, Josa, Maicas, Martín del Río, Mezquita de Jarque, Muniesa, Obón, Palomar de Arroyos, Plou, Salcedillo, Segura de los Baños, Torre de las Arcas, Villanueva del Rebollar de la Sierra, Vivel del Río Martín and La Zoma for Comarca.

The Cuenca Mineras are their names according to a traditional mining region, are degraded in the hard coal, lignite, iron ore, gypsum, lead, and salt.

In the Comarca there are enough number of archaeological remains, eg of Celtic and Iberian settlements and cave paintings.

• Comarca in Aragon