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Os de Balaguer
Coat of arms of Os de Balaguer
CountrySpain
CommunityCatalonia
ProvinceLleida
ComarcaLa Noguera
Government
 • MayorIgnasi Cortés i Giné
Area
 • Total136 km2 (53 sq mi)
Elevation
463 m (1,519 ft)
Population
 (2009)
 • Total985
 • Density7.2/km2 (19/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
25610

Os de Balaguer is a municipality in the comarca of Noguera, in the province of Lleida, Catalonia, Spain.

Economy is based on agriculture, with, in particular, the cultivation of vegetables, cereals and olive, and on animal husbandry as well.

Sights in the municipality include the rock paintings of Balma dels Vilars (included in the UNESCO Heritage list and the former Agostianian monastery of Santa Maria de Bellpuig de les Avellanes.

Os de Balaguer was the birthplace of Gaspar de Portolà i Rovira (1716–1784), governor of Baja and Alta California (1767–1770), explorer and founder of San Diego and Monterey.

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