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{{Infobox settlement
| name                    = Amposta
| official_name           = <!-- if different from name -->
| native_name             = <!-- if different from name -->
| settlement_type         = [[Municipalities of Catalonia|Municipality]]
| image_skyline           = Pont penjat d'Amposta.JPG
| image_alt               =
| image_caption           =
| image_flag              = Bandera d'Amposta.svg 
| image_shield            = Escut d'Amposta.svg 
| nickname                =
| motto                   =
| image_map               = 
| map_caption             =
| pushpin_map             = Spain Catalonia
| pushpin_label_position  =
| pushpin_map_caption     = Location in Catalonia
| coordinates             = {{coord|40|42|38|N|0|34|51|E|region:ES|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_footnotes   =
| subdivision_type        = Country
| subdivision_name        = {{flag|Spain}}
| subdivision_type1       = [[Autonomous communities of Spain|Autonomous community]]
| subdivision_type2       = [[Provinces of Spain|Province]]
| subdivision_type3       = [[Comarques of Catalonia|Comarca]]
| subdivision_name1       = {{flag|Catalonia}}
| subdivision_name2       = [[Tarragona (province)|Tarragona]]
| subdivision_name3       = [[Montsià]]
| established_title       = <!-- Founded -->
| established_date        =
| seat_type               = <!-- [[Capital (political)|Capital]] -->
| seat                    =
| leader_party            =
| leader_title            =mayor
| leader_name             =Adam Tomàs Roiget (2015)<ref name=municat>{{cite web|url=http://aplicacions.municat.gencat.cat/index.php?page=consulta&mostraEns=4301410007|title=Ajuntament d'Amposta|publisher=[[Generalitat of Catalonia]]|access-date=2015-11-13}}</ref>
| area_footnotes          =<ref name=idescat>{{cite web|url=http://www.idescat.cat/emex/?lang=en&id=430141|title=El municipi en xifres: Amposta|publisher=[[Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya|Statistical Institute of Catalonia]]|access-date=2015-11-23}}</ref>
| area_total_km2          = 138.3
| elevation_m             = 8 
| elevation_min_m         =
| population_as_of        = {{Spain metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
| population_footnotes    = {{Spain metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
| population_total        = {{Spain metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
| population_density_km2  = auto
| population_demonyms      = ''Ampostí, -ina'' 
| population_note         =
| postal_code_type        = [[List of postal codes in Spain|Postal code]]
| postal_code             =
| area_code               =
| area_code_type          = [[Telephone numbers in Spain|Dialing code]]
| blank_name_sec1         = [[Languages of Spain|Official language(s)]]
| blank_info_sec1         =
| blank_name_sec2         = [[Köppen climate classification|Climate]]
| blank_info_sec2         = [[Mediterranean climate#Hot-summer Mediterranean climate|Csa]]
| website                 = {{url|www.amposta.cat}}
| footnotes               =
| elevation_max_m         =
| timezone                = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset              = +1
| timezone_DST            = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset_DST          = +2
}}

'''Amposta''' ({{IPA|ca|amˈpɔsta}}) is the capital of the ''[[Catalonia/Comarques|comarca]]'' of [[Montsià]], in the province of [[Tarragona]], [[Catalonia]], [[Spain]], 190&nbsp;km south of [[Barcelona]] on the [[Mediterranean Sea|Mediterranean]] Coast. It is located at 8 metres above [[sea level]], on the [[Ebre]] river, not far from its mouth. It has a population of {{Population WD}}.

The [[GR 92]] long distance footpath, which roughly follows the length of the Mediterranean coast of Spain, has a staging point at Amposta. Stage 30 links northwards to [[L'Ampolla]], a distance of {{convert|16.3|km}}, whilst stage 31 links southwards to the [[Pont de l'Olivar]], a distance of {{convert|25.4|km}}.<ref name=catalunya>{{cite web |url=https://www.catalunya.com/gr-92-sender-mediterrani-24-1-44?language=ca |title=GR 92: Sender de la Mediterrània |language=ca |trans-title=GR 92: Mediterranean Path |website=www.catalunya.com |access-date=7 November 2022 |archive-date=7 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221107121507/https://www.catalunya.com/gr-92-sender-mediterrani-24-1-44?language=ca |url-status=live}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.amposta.cat/ Ajuntament d'Amposta]
* [http://aplicacions.municat.gencat.cat/index.php?page=consulta&mostraEns=4301410007 Government data pages] {{in lang|ca}}

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{{Geographic location
|Centre = Amposta
|N  = [[L'Aldea]]
|NE = [[Deltebre]]
|E  = [[Sant Jaume d'Enveja]]
|SE = ''[[Balearic Sea]]''
|S  = [[Sant Carles de la Ràpita]]
|SW = [[Freginals]]
|W  = [[Masdenverge]]
|NW = [[Tortosa]]
}}
{{Montsia}}
{{Municipalities in Tarragona|state=autocollapse}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Municipalities in Montsià]]
[[Category:Populated places in Montsià]]


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