HUESCA, a province of Aragon, Spain, bounded N. by France, S. and S.W. by Saragossa, E. by Lérida, and W. and N.W. by Navarre. It is one of the three provinces into which Aragon was divided in 1833, and has an area of 7530 square miles, occupied by a population of 247,105. Huesca is drained by the rivers Arva, Aragon, Galego, Alcanadre, Cinca, Essera, and Noguera-Ribagoranza, and belongs entirely to the basin of the Ebro. The offshoots of the Pyrenees render the northern portion of the province mountainous; and some of the loftier summits are covered with perpetual snow. The mountainous portions are well wooded, but being generally precipitous possess little capability of culture. The more level districts are fertile and productive wherever water is sufficiently plentiful. The chief products of the soil are hemp, flax, fruits, legumes, wine, and cereals. The mountain pastures are excellent, and afford grazing for large numbers of mules, of superior quality, and cattle. Though hitherto little wrought, iron, copper, and other metals exist in great abundance throughout the mountainous districts of the province. The chief manufactures are linens, cloths, earthenware, glass, soap, and leather, and alpargatas, a kind of sandal peculiar to the locality.