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Orduña-Urduña
Urduña/Orduña (; ) is an exclave and municipality of 4,232 inhabitants located in the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of Basque Country, in the North of Spain. Geography The municipality is an exclave of Biscay, surrounded entirely by the Basque province of Álava and the province of Burgos, part of Castile and León. It is located in a plain in the highest part of the Nervión river valley, at the foot of the Sierra Salvada mountains. The municipality contains the small exclave of Cerca de Villaño, surrounded by the neighbouring province of Burgos. Orduña is the final station of the commuter rail line C-3 that links the town with Bilbao. Notable people * Juan de Garay (1528–1583), conquistador, governor, founder of Buenos Aires and Santa Fe * Celestino Alcocer Valderrama (1855-1924), politician, Cortes deputy * Alberto Alcocer y Ribacoba (1886–1957), politician, mayor of Madrid and secretary general of the Bank of Spain * Iván Fandiño (1980� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arratia-Nerbioi
Arratia-Nerbioi ( Spanish: ''Arratia-Nervión'') is a comarca of the province of Biscay, in the Basque Country, Spain. It is formed by the valleys of the Arratia river and the Nervión river. It is one of the seven ''eskualdeak'' or ''comarcas'' that compose the province of Biscay. Geography Arratia-Nerbioi is located on the south of the province of Biscay. It limits with the region of Greater Bilbao on the north and Durangaldea on the northeast. The Basque province of Álava is on the south. The ''comarca'' of Arratia-Nerbioi is formed by the valleys of the Arratia river and the Nervión Nervión (; ) is a river that runs through the town of Bilbao, Spain into the Cantabrian Sea (Bay of Biscay). Its lowermost course, downstream of its confluence with the Ibaizabal River, is known as the Estuary of Bilbao. Geography The riv ... river. Orduña-Urduña is an exclave of the comarca, being enclaved by Araba/Álava province. Municipalities Comarcas of Bisc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan De Garay
Juan de Garay (1528–1583) was a Spanish conquistador. Garay's birthplace is disputed. Some say it was in the city of Junta de Villalba de Losa in Castile, while others argue he was born in the area of Orduña (Basque Country). There's no birth certification whatsoever, though Juan De Garay regarded himself as somebody from Biscay (a region from the Basque Country). He served under the Crown of Castille, in the Viceroyalty of Peru. He was governor of Asunción (present day Paraguay) and founded a number of cities in present-day Argentina, many near the Paraná River area, including the second foundation of Buenos Aires, in 1580. Biography In 1543 he sailed to Peru with his uncle Pedro de Zárate in Viceroy Blasco Núñez Vela's first expedition. In 1561 he took part in the foundation of Santa Cruz de la Sierra. In 1568 he moved to Asunción where he attained political stature. The governor of Asunción sent him in April 1573, with a company of eighty men, on an expe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bilbao
Bilbao is a city in northern Spain, the largest city in the Provinces of Spain, province of Biscay and in the Basque Country (greater region), Basque Country as a whole. It is also the largest city proper in northern Spain. Bilbao is the List of cities in Spain by population, tenth largest city in Spain, with a population of more than 347,000 as of 2023. The Bilbao metropolitan area has 1,037,847 inhabitants,Proyecto Audes making it the most populous metropolitan area in northern Spain. The Comarcas of the Basque Country, comarca of Greater Bilbao is the fifth-largest urban area in Spain. Bilbao is also the main urban area in what is defined as the Basque Country (greater region), Greater Basque region. Bilbao is located in the north-central part of Spain, some south of the Bay of Biscay, where the economic s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sierra Salvada
Sierra Salvada () is a mountain range situated to the northwest of Burgos (Spain), and it is also part of Alava and Orduña (an enclave on Biscay). The southern slope of this mountain range, whose rivers flow to the mediterranean sea, is included in the province of Burgos. However, the north slope is part of the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country. The rivers of this area of Sierra Salvada flow to the Cantabrian coast. Sierra Salvada is famous because of its peculiar shape, created by its north steep slope, in length, and because of its biodiversity, That is why Sierra Salvada is considered a Special Protection Area (SPA), in order to protect the different species of birds. History This mountain range has been very important between the 16th and 18th centuries, as a communication way between Castilla and the Cantabrian. It is considered an important trade route that connected the Northern Peninsula, and therefore, it was very significant on the commercial communicatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipalities Of Spain
The municipality (, , , , , )In other languages of Spain: *Catalan language, Catalan/Valencian (), grammatical number, sing. . *Galician language, Galician () or (), grammatical number, sing. /. *Basque language, Basque (), grammatical number, sing. . *Asturian language, Asturian (), grammatical number, sing. . is one of the two fundamental territorial divisions in Spain, the other being the Provinces of Spain, provinces. Organisation Although provinces of Spain, provinces are groupings of municipality, municipalities, there is no implied hierarchy or primacy of one over the other. Instead the two entities are defined according to the authority or jurisdiction of each (). Some autonomous communities also group municipalities into entities known as ''comarcas of Spain, comarcas'' (districts) or ''mancomunidades'' (commonwealths). The governing body in most municipalities is called ''Ayuntamiento (Spain), ayuntamiento'' (municipal council or municipal corporation, corpora ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
EH Bildu
EH Bildu, short for Euskal Herria Bildu (English language, English: 'Basque Country Gather' or 'Basque Country Unite'), is a Left-wing politics, left-wing, Basque nationalism, Basque nationalist and Separatism, pro-independence federation of political parties in Spain. It is the main political force of the abertzale left in Spain. EH Bildu is active in the Southern Basque Country, Spanish Basque Country, that is, in the Basque Country (autonomous community), Basque Autonomous Community and Navarre, Chartered Community of Navarre, as well as in the Treviño enclave of the Burgos Province. In the French Basque Country, it has an alliance with the party Euskal Herria Bai, with the goal of establishing a state for the Basque Country (greater region), Basque Country across the Spanish-French border. History Formation of Bildu Bildu was formed in response to the March 2011 ruling by Supreme Court of Spain, Spain's Supreme Court that banned the registration of a new Basque party calle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, controlled by the government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southwest of the Río de la Plata. Buenos Aires is classified as an Alpha− global city, according to the Globalization and World Cities Research Network, GaWC 2024 ranking. The city proper has a population of 3.1 million and its urban area 16.7 million, making it the List of metropolitan areas, twentieth largest metropolitan area in the world. It is known for its preserved eclecticism, eclectic European #Architecture, architecture and rich culture, cultural life. It is a multiculturalism, multicultural city that is home to multiple ethnic and religious groups, contributing to its culture as well as to the dialect spoken in the city and in some other parts of the country. This is because since the 19th century, the city, and the country in general, has been a major recipient of millions of Immigration to Argentina, im ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cercanías Bilbao
Cercanías Bilbao (Basque language, Basque: ''Bilboko Aldiriak'') is a commuter rail network in Bilbao, serving the city and its Bilbao metropolitan area, metropolitan area. It is operated by Cercanías, as part of RENFE, Renfe, the national railway company. It consists of four lines, named C-1, C-2, C-3 and C-4. The first three of them start at the Bilbao-Abando, Bilbao-Abando station, which is the central station of the city, whereas the fourth, of metric gauge, starts at the Bilbao Concordia, Bilbao-Concordia station System Cercanías Bilbao follows the same patterns as other Cercanías networks in the country, as Cercanías Madrid or Cercanías Barcelona. The network consists of four lines, three of which start at Bilbao-Abando and the last starts at the nearby Bilbao-Concordia railway station, Bilbao La Concordia station. They all link the center of Bilbao with other Municipalities of Spain, municipalities within and beyond the Bilbao metropolitan area, metropolitan area. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cerca De Villaño
Cerca is a town and commune of Angola, located in the province of Cuanza Norte. See also * Communes of Angola The Communes of Angola () are administrative units in Angola after municipalities. The 163 municipalities of Angola are divided into communes. There are a total of 618 communes of Angola: Bengo Province * Ambriz * Kakalo-Kahango * Ícolo e Be ... References {{Angola-geo-stub Municipalities of Angola Populated places in Cuanza Norte Province Communes in Cuanza Norte Province ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castile And León
Castile and León is an Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in northwestern Spain. Castile and León is the largest autonomous community in Spain by area, covering 94,222 km2. It is, however, sparsely populated, with a population density below 30/km2. While Capital of Castile and León, a capital has not been explicitly declared, the seats of the executive and legislative powers are set in Valladolid by law, and for all purposes that city (also the most populated municipality) serves as the ''de facto'' regional capital. Castile and León is a landlocked region, bordered by Portugal as well as by the Spanish autonomous communities of Galicia (Spain), Galicia, Asturias, Cantabria, the Basque Autonomous Community, Basque Country, La Rioja (Spain), La Rioja, Aragon, Castilla–La Mancha, the Community of Madrid and Extremadura. Chiefly comprising the northern half of the Meseta Central, Inner Plateau, it is surrounded by mountain barriers (the Cantabrian Mount ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Province Of Burgos
The province of Burgos is a Provinces of Spain, province of northern Spain, in the northeastern part of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Castile-Leon, Castile and León. It is bordered by the provinces of Palencia (province), Palencia, Cantabria, Biscay, Vizcaya, Álava, La Rioja (autonomous community), La Rioja, Soria (province), Soria, Segovia (province), Segovia, and Valladolid (province), Valladolid. Burgos is the province of Spain that has borders with most provinces. Its capital is the city of Burgos. The Cartularies of Valpuesta from the monastery Santa María de Valpuesta, in Burgos, are considered to be the oldest known documents containing words written in the Spanish language. Overview Since 1964, archaeologists have been working at numerous areas of the Atapuerca Mountains, Archaeological Site of Atapuerca, where they have found ancient hominid and human remains, the former dating to more than one million years ago, with Artifact (archaeo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
