lava (BasqueAraba, Spanish lava) is a province of northern Spain, in the southern part of the autonomous community of the Basque Country. It is one of the seven traditional provinces of the wider Basque Country.
It is bordered by the provinces of Burgos, La Rioja, Navarra, Guip zcoa, and Vizcaya. Within lava is Trevi o, an enclave which is part of Burgos province, Castile-Leon, although there is some support for Trevi o joining the Basque Country.
The capital of lava is Vitoria - Gasteiz in Basque, which also serves as the capital of the autonomous community. The province is divided into seven counties (comarcas): A ana; Ayala/Aiara; Campezo/Kanpezu; Laguardia/Biaizteri; Salvatierra/Agurain; Vitoria-Gasteiz; Zuya/Zuia.
List of municipalities in lava
Lordship of Alava
List of rulers (original names):
Eylon c. 850-875
Vela Jimenez c. 875-923
Fernan Gonzalez 923-970, Alava feudatary of Castille intil 1046
Nu o Gonzalez 970-1033
Fortunio I iguez 1033-1046
Munio Mu oz (co-sir) 1046-1060, Alava feudatary of Navarre 1046-1085
Sancho Maceratio (co-sir) 1046-1060
Ramiro 1060-1075
Marcelo 1075-1085
Lope I iguez 1085-? , Alava feudatary of Castilla until 1123
Lope Diaz the White ?-1093
Lope Gonzalez 1093-1099
Lope Sanchez 1099-1114
Diego Lopez I 1114-1123
Don Ladron 1123-1158, Alava feudatary of Navarra until 1199
ALAVA, DON MIGUEL RICARDO DE (1770-1843), Spanish general and statesman, was born at Vittoria in 1770.
On the breaking out of the revolution of 1820 he was chosen by the province of Alava to represent it in the Cortes, where he became conspicuous in the party of the Exaltados, and in 1822 was made president.
Frequent and honorable mention of Alava is made in Napier's History of the Peninsular War, and his name is often met both in lives of the duke of Wellington and in his correspondence.
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