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Oña is a municipality and town located in the
province of Burgos The Province of Burgos is a province of northern Spain, in the northeastern part of the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is bordered by the provinces of Palencia, Cantabria, Vizcaya, Álava, La Rioja, Soria, Segovia, and Valladoli ...
,
Castile and León Castile and León ( es, Castilla y León ; ast-leo, Castiella y Llión ; gl, Castela e León ) is an autonomous community in northwestern Spain. It was created in 1983, eight years after the end of the Francoist regime, by the merging of th ...
, Spain. According to the 2011
census A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses inc ...
( INE), the municipality has a population of 1,219 inhabitants.


Main sights

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monastery of San Salvador de Oña (11th century). During 2012, the town hosted the 17th edition of the sacred art exhibition Las Edades del Hombre.Monacatus
Las Edades del hombre 17th edition, 2012 * ''El jardín secreto,'' an outdoor walk and art exhibit by local artists.


People from Oña

* Andrés de Olmos (1485 – 8 October 1571) –
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and
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and ethno-historian of
Mexico Mexico (Spanish language, Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a List of sovereign states, country in the southern portion of North America. It is borders of Mexico, bordered to the north by the United States; to the so ...
's Indians * Martina Ibaibarriaga (1788–1849) – soldier


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Municipalities in the Province of Burgos {{Burgos-geo-stub