La Bureba is a ''

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'' located in the northeast of the

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in the

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. It is bounded on the north by Las Merindades, east by the Comarca del Ebro, south-east by the Montes de Oca and south-west by the Alfoz de Burgos.

Administrative entities

The comarca capital is Briviesca.

Municipalities (44)

Source:In parentheses is the number of minor local entities from each municipality

Geography

La Bureba is criss-crossed by several small rivers and arroyos that empty into the

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river: the Homino, Oroncillo, Oca, and Tirón. The mountain ranges of the northwesternmost end of the Sistema Ibérico are located in La Bureba.

History

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