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Álava (Spanish:) or Araba (Basque pronunciation:), officially Araba/Álava, [1] is a province of Spain and a historical territory of the Basque Country, heir of the ancient Lordship of Álava, former medieval Catholic bishopric and now Latin titular see.
Araba/Álava is a province in the autonomous community of the Basque Country, Spain, that is divided into 51 municipalities. [1] As of the 2023 [update] Spanish census, the province is the 37th largest by population with 336,308 inhabitants [ 2 ] but is the 48th largest by land area spanning 2,967.86 square kilometres (1,145.90 sq mi). [ 3 ]
Western Biscay, most of Alava and southern Navarre have been Spanish-speaking (or Romance-speaking) for centuries. But under the regime of Francisco Franco, the government attempted to suppress Basque nationalism and limit the uses of the Basque language. Even the activities of the Euskaltzaindia (Basque Language Academy) were severely curtailed.
A province in Spain [note 1] is a territorial division defined as a collection of municipalities. [1] [2] [3] The current provinces of Spain correspond by and large to the provinces created under the purview of the 1833 territorial re-organization of Spain, with a similar predecessor from 1822 (during the Trienio Liberal) and an earlier precedent in the 1810 Napoleonic division of Spain into ...
Vitoria-Gasteiz (Spanish: [biˈtoɾja ɣasˈtejθ,-ɣasˈtejs]; Basque: [bitoɾia ɣas̺teis̻]; also historically spelled Vittoria in English) [2] [3] is the seat of government and the capital city of the Basque Country and of the province of Álava in northern Spain.
Rank Name Population (2018) [1] 1 Bilbao: 345,821 2 Vitoria-Gasteiz: 249,176 3 San Sebastián: 186,665 4 Barakaldo: 100,435 5 Getxo: 78,276 6 Irun: 61,983 7 Portugalete
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Module:Location map/data/Spain Álava is a location map definition used to overlay markers and labels on an equirectangular projection map of Álava. The markers are placed by latitude and longitude coordinates on the default map or a similar map image.