Tarragona (Catalan:  [tərəˈɣonə], Spanish:  [taraˈɣona]; Phoenician : Tarqon; Latin : Tarraco) is a port city located in northeast Spain on the Costa Daurada by the Mediterranean Sea. Founded before the fifth century BC, it is the capital of the Province of Tarragona, and part of Tarragonès and Catalonia. Geographically, it is bordered on the north by the Province of Barcelona and the Province of Lleida.