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Álava province

For the commune in Moldova, see Alava, Ştefan Vodă.

Álava (Basque: Araba and officially Álava-Araba) is a province of northern Spain in the southern part of the Basque Autonomous Community. The province numbers a population of 301,926 inhabitants (2006 official estimate) in an area of 2,963 km².

It is bordered by the provinces of Burgos, La Rioja, Navarre, Guipúzcoa, and Biscay. The Condado de Treviño is an enclave of province Burgos (Castile and León) surrounded by Alavese land, although strong population support advocates Treviño's attachment to the Basque Autonomous Community.

The vast majority of the population clusters in the capital city of Álava Vitoria-Gasteiz (Vitoria is the Spanish name, Gasteiz the Basque name), which also serves as the capital of the autonomous community. The remainder of the territory is largely countryside and crops dotted with sparse population nuclei distributed into seven counties (cuadrillas): Añana; Ayala; Campezo; Laguardia; Salvatierra; Vitoria-Gasteiz; Zuya. It also contains the municipality of Berganzo.

[edit] Lordship of Álava

List of rulers (original names):

Rodrigo c.867-870, count of Castile
Vela Jiménez 870-c.887
Munio Velaz c.887-c.921
Álvaro Herrameliz c.921-931, also count of Cerezo and Lantarón
Fernán González 931-970, also count of Castile, Álava feudatary of Castile until 1030
Munio González 1030-1043
Fortunio Íñiguez 1043-1046
Munio Muñoz (co-lord) 1046-1060, Álava feudatary of Navarre, 1046-1085
Sancho Maceratiz (co-lord) 1046-1060
Ramiro 1060-1075
Marcelo 1075-1085
Lope Íñiguez 1085-?, Álava feudatary of Castile until 1123
Lope Díaz the White ?-1093
Lope González 1093-1099
Lope Sánchez 1099-1114
Diego López I 1114-1123
Ladrón Íñiguez 1123-1158, Álava feudatary of Navarre until 1199
Vela Ladrón 1158-1175
Juan Velaz 1175-1181
Diego López II 1181-1187
Íñigo de Oriz 1187-1199
Diego López de Haro I 1199-1214, Álava feudatary of Castile until personal union of 1332
Lope Diaz de Haro I 1214-1240
Nuño González de Lara 1240-1252
Diego López de Haro II 1252-1274
Fernando de la Cerda 1274-1280
Lope Díaz de Haro II 1280-1288
Juan Alonso de Haro 1288-1310
Diego López de Salcedo 1310-1332

The title is attributed to the Castilian kings after 1332.

[edit] See also

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Coordinates: 42°50.67′N 2°45.62′W / 42.8445°N 2.76033°W / 42.8445; -2.76033

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