What is "asco"

Ascó (, ) is a large village in the comarca of Ribera d'Ebre, Catalonia, Spain, on the right bank of the Ebre river at the feet of the Serra de la Fatarella range. The village of Ascó is known for its nuclear power station, and for excellent fishing in the river.

The local economy is based upon agriculture and work at the power station. The local area is studded with groves full of almonds, olives, grapes, and occasionally citrus fruits. It is approximately from Mequinenza, from Flix, from Riba-roja d'Ebre and from Gandesa, in the area where the Battle of the Ebro was fought during the Spanish civil war. The terrain is a mixture of flatland, hills, mountains, forests and farmland.

Asco can refer to:

• Ascó, a village in Catalonia, Spain
  • Ascó Nuclear Power Plant
• Asco, Haute-Corse
• American Society of Clinical Oncology
• Arab Satellite Communications Organization
• Asco (art collective), an East Los Angeles-based artist group 1972–1987 (see Harry Gamboa, Jr., Gronk (artist), Willie Herrón and Patssi Valdez)
• "ASCO", the ticker symbol for AirScooter Corporation
• Asco (meteorite), a meteorite which fell in 1805 on the island of Corsica, France
• ASCO Numatics - company.
• Asco, California

Asco was an East Los Angeles based Chicano artist collective, active from 1972 to 1987. Asco adopted its name as a collective in1973, making a direct reference to the word’s significance in Spanish ("asco"), which is disgust or repulsion. Asco’s work throughout 1970s and 1980s responded specifically to socioeconomic and political problems surrounding the Chicano community in the United States, as well the Vietnam War. Harry Gamboa, Jr., Glugio "Gronk" Nicandro, Willie Herrón and Patssi Valdez form the core members of the group.