Zaragoza - a town in north-eastern Spain, at the mouth of the river Huerva and Gallego to the Ebro, 700 thousand inhabitants (2010), the fifth largest city in Spain. Capital of the province of Aragon and Zaragoza. Industrial, commercial, scientific, cultural and tourist center.
The present name is derived from the Latin Caesaraugusta, after the city in the eighth century the Moors turned it on Medina Albaida Sarakosta, and the Spanish city after reflection modified to Zaragoza (in Castilian and Aragon).
16 km west of Zaragoza is located Zaragoza Airport (IATA: ZAZ, ICAO: LEZG), which serves as a civilian airport and the base of the Spanish Air Force. The airport is used by NASA as an emergency landing site for space shuttles in the TAL (Transoceanic Abort Landing).
