SARAGOSSA (Sp. Zaragoza), a province of Spain, bounded on the N.E. and E. by that of Huesca, S. by that of Teruel, S.W. by that of Guadalajara, W. by that of Soria, and N.W. by that of Navarre; area 11,783 square miles. It is not so mountainous as the other portions of Aragon, of which ancient kingdom it once formed a part, lying principally in the valley of the Ebro, which traverses the province from N.W. to S.E. This valley, from 70 to 80 miles broad, is enclosed on the S.W. by the Sierra de Moncayo, the highest hills in the province, and on the N.W. by the Sierra de Sobrarbe. The latter separates from the valley of the Ebro that of its affluent the Aragon. Several other rivers water the country, all flowing into the Ebro; the Jalón, Huerba, and Aguas from the right; the Arva and Galleogo from the left, being the largest of these. The soil is in the level portions pretty fertile, and agriculture is the principal occupation of the people. Wheat, rye, barley, oats, hemp, flax, oil, and wine are the chief productions; silk-worms are also bred; and there are extensive forests which yield wood for charcoal. There are no important manufactures, silk and soap being the only articles which were formerly made to a considerable extent, and even these branches of industry have now much fallen off. Pop. (1851) 297,336.