Province of Teruel map
Teruel is a Spanish province located in the northeastern part of the Iberian peninsula. It is, moreover, the most southern of the autonomous community of Aragon. Its capital is the city of Teruel.
The province of Teruel borders the provinces of Zaragoza, to the north, Tarragona and Castellón to the east, Valencia and Cuenca to the south, and Guadalajara to the west. Geographically, it is located mainly in the southern area of the Iberian system, although a small portion of the provincial northeastern already belongs to the depression of the Ebro (Bajo Aragón).
The area of the province is of 14.809 km ² and its population ascends to 136,260 hab. (INE 2016), of which a quarter live in the capital. This implies a population density of 9.20 hab./km², one of the lowest in Spain. The province of Teruel currently comprises 236 municipalities, most of which are sparsely populated. The most important municipalities of the province, next to the capital, are Alcañiz, Andorra, Calamocha, Calanda and Utrillas.