Editing Zaragoza (section)

==Economy==
[[File:Pabellon Aragon Expo 2008 01.JPG|thumb|left|Pavilion of Aragon in the Expo 2008]]
[[File:Torre del agua.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Water Tower (Zaragoza)|Torre del Agua]] at the [[Expo 2008]] site]]
An [[Opel]] factory was opened in 1982 in [[Figueruelas]], a small village nearby. The [[automotive industry]] is a main pillar of the regional economy along with [[Balay (Spanish company)|Balay]], which manufactures household appliances; [[Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles|CAF]], which builds railway [[rolling stock]] for both the national and international markets; SAICA and Torraspapel in the stationery sector; and various other local companies, such as [[Pikolin]], [[Lacasa]], and [[Imaginarium SA]]. {{Citation needed|date=June 2016}}

The city's economy benefited from projects like the [[Expo 2008]], the official World's Fair, whose theme was water and [[sustainable development]], held between 14 June and 14 September 2008, {{Lang|es|Plataforma Logística de Zaragoza}} (PLAZA), and the {{Lang|es|Parque Tecnológico de Reciclado}} (PTR). Furthermore, since December 2003, it has been a city through which the [[AVE]] high-speed rail travels. Currently, [[Zaragoza Airport]] is a major cargo hub in the [[Iberian Peninsula]], behind only Madrid, Barcelona, and Lisbon.

Zaragoza is home to a [[Spanish Air and Space Force]] base, which was shared with the [[U.S. Air Force]] until 1992.<ref>{{cite web |title=La Zaragoza americana |url=https://www.heraldo.es/especiales/base-americana-zaragoza/ |website=Heraldo |access-date=17 Jun 2024}}</ref> In English, the base was known as [[Zaragoza Air Base]]. The Spanish Air Force maintained a [[McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet]] wing at the base. No American flying wings (with the exception of a few KC-135s) were permanently based there, but it served as a training base for American fighter squadrons across Europe. It also hosts the main [[Spanish Army]] academy, ''[[General Military Academy|Academia General Militar]]'', a number of brigades at ''San Gregorio'', and other garrisons.<ref>{{cite web |title=Spanish Army units at Zaragoza |url=http://www.ejercito.mde.es/en/unidades/Zaragoza/index.html |website=Spanish MoD |access-date=8 October 2018}}</ref>