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Burgos province
Burgos province

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 Valladolid. Its capital is the city of Burgos. Image File history File links Province locator map of Burgos (created by Montrealais) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... In addition to its seventeen autonomous communities, Spain is divided into fifty provinces. ... Autonomous communities of Spain. ... Capital Valladolid Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked 1st  94,223 km²  18,6% Population  â€“ Total (2005)  â€“ % of Spain  â€“ Density Ranked 6th  2,510,849  5. ... Categories: Spain geography stubs | Castile-Leon | Provinces of Spain ... Anthem: Himno de Cantabria Capital Santander Official language(s) Spanish Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked 15th  5,321 km²  1. ... Vizcaya province Vizcaya (Basque Bizkaia) is a province of northern Spain, in the northwestern part of the autonomous community of the Basque Country. ... Álava province Álava (Basque: Araba) is a province of northern Spain, in the southern part of the autonomous community of the Basque Country. ... Capital Logroño Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked 16th  5 045 km²  1,0% Population  â€“ Total (2005)  â€“ % of Spain  â€“ Density Ranked 17th   301 084  0,7%  59,68/km² Demonym  â€“ English  â€“ Spanish  â€”  riojano/a Statute of Autonomy June 9, 1982 Parliament  â€“ Congress seats  â€“ Senate seats  4  1 President Pedro Sanz... Soria province Soria is a province of central Spain, in the eastern part of the autonomous community of Castile and León. ... Segovia province Segovia is a province of central Spain, in the southern part of the autonomous community of Castile and León. ... Valladolid province Valladolid is a province of western Spain, in the central part of the autonomous community of Castile and León. ... The cathedral Our Lady of Burgos. ...



The province has an area of 14,300 km² and a population of 352,273 (2002) of whom nearly half live in the capital. The only large towns apart from Burgos are Miranda de Ebro and Aranda de Duero. Many of the province's 371 municipalities have fewer than 100 inhabitants. See List of municipalities in Burgos. Miranda de Ebro is an industrial city in the north-east of the province of Burgos in Spain on the border with the province of Álava and the autonomous community of La Rioja. ... Aranda de Duero is a Spanish town in the south of the province of Burgos. ... This is a list of the municipalities in the province of Burgos in the autonomous community of Castile-Leon, Spain. ...

List of municipalities in Burgos Province
List of municipalities in Burgos Province

The most important rivers in the province are Ebro and Duero. The river Duero is on the south of the province and around it there is one of the best zones of vine 'Ribera de Duero'. The south-east and north are mountainous. Image File history File links Burgos_-_Mapa_municipal. ... Image File history File links Burgos_-_Mapa_municipal. ... The Ebro (Greek: Έβρος, Latin: Iberus, Spanish: Ebro, Catalan: Ebre) is Spains most voluminous and second longest river. ... View of the river mouth from Portos Crystal Palace Gardens, facing West Douro (Latin Durius, Spanish Duero, Portuguese Douro) is one of the major rivers of Portugal and Spain, flowing from its source near Soria across central Spain and Portugal to its outlet at Oporto. ... View of the river mouth from Portos Crystal Palace Gardens, facing West Douro (Latin Durius, Spanish Duero, Portuguese Douro) is one of the major rivers of Portugal and Spain, flowing from its source near Soria across central Spain and Portugal to its outlet at Oporto. ...


Regions

Wikisource has an original article from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica about:
Burgos (province)


Located in the north of the province of Burgos, the Merindades are the birth place of the name Castilla. Most of the villages of the Merindades were quoted in the Becerro de Behetrias at the moment of the creation of the subdivision Merindad by Pedro of Castile. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Ribera del Duero. ... Image File history File links Wikisource-logo. ... The original Wikisource logo. ... Encyclopædia Britannica, the 11th edition The Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition (1910–1911) is perhaps the most famous edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica. ...

edit Municipalities of Burgos

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Cascajares de la Sierra | Castellanos de Castro | Castil de Peones | Castildelgado | Castrillo Matajudíos | Castrillo de Riopisuerga | Castrillo de la Reina | Castrillo de la Vega | Castrillo del Val | Castrojeriz | Cayuela | Cebrecos | Celada del Camino | Cerezo de Río Tirón | Cerratón de Juarros | Ciadoncha | Cillaperlata | Cilleruelo de Abajo | Cilleruelo de Arriba | Ciruelos de Cervera | Cogollos | Condado de Treviño | Contreras | Coruña del Conde | Covarrubias | Cubillo del Campo | Cubo de Bureba | Cuevas de San Clemente | Encío | Espinosa de Cervera | Espinosa de los Monteros | Espinosa del Camino | Estépar | Fontioso | Frandovínez | Fresneda de la Sierra Tirón | Fresneña | Fresnillo de las Dueñas | Fresno de Rodilla | Fresno de Río Tirón | Frías | Fuentebureba | Fuentecén | Fuentelcésped | Fuentelisendo | Fuentemolinos | Fuentenebro | Fuentespina | Galbarros | Grijalba | Grisaleña | Gumiel de Izán | Gumiel de Mercado | Hacinas | Haza | Hontanas | Hontangas | Hontoria de Valdearados | Hontoria de la Cantera | Hontoria del Pinar | Hornillos del Camino | Hortigüela | Hoyales de Roa | Huerta de Arriba | Huerta de Rey | Humada | Hurones | Huérmeces | Ibeas de Juarros | Ibrillos | Iglesiarrubia | Iglesias | Isar | Itero del Castillo | Jaramillo Quemado | Jaramillo de la Fuente | Junta de Traslaloma | Junta de Villalba de Losa | Jurisdicción de Lara | Jurisdicción de San Zadornil | La Cueva de Roa | La Gallega | La Horra | La Puebla de Arganzón | La Revilla y Ahedo | La Sequera de Haza | La Vid de Bureba | La Vid y Barrios | Las Hormazas | Las Quintanillas | Lerma | Llano de Bureba | Los Altos | Los Ausines | Los Balbases | Los Barrios de Bureba | Madrigal del Monte | Madrigalejo del Monte | Mahamud | Mambrilla de Castrejón | Mambrillas de Lara | Mamolar | Manciles | Mazuela | Mecerreyes | Medina de Pomar | Melgar de Fernamental | Merindad de Cuesta-Urria | Merindad de Montija | Merindad de Río Ubierna | Merindad de Sotoscueva | Merindad de Valdeporres | Merindad de Valdivielso | Milagros | Miranda de Ebro | Miraveche | Modúbar de la Emparedada | Monasterio de Rodilla | Monasterio de la Sierra | Moncalvillo | Monterrubio de la Demanda | Montorio | Moradillo de Roa | Nava de Roa | Navas de Bureba | Nebreda | Neila | Olmedillo de Roa | Olmillos de Muñó | Oquillas | Orbaneja Riopico | Oña | Padilla de Abajo | Padilla de Arriba | Padrones de Bureba | Palacios de Riopisuerga | Palacios de la Sierra | Palazuelos de Muñó | Palazuelos de la Sierra | Pampliega | Pancorbo | Pardilla | Partido de la Sierra en Tobalina | Pedrosa de Duero | Pedrosa de Río Úrbel | Pedrosa del Príncipe | Pedrosa del Páramo | Peral de Arlanza | Peñaranda de Duero | Pineda Trasmonte | Pineda de la Sierra | Pinilla Trasmonte | Pinilla de los Barruecos | Pinilla de los Moros | Piérnigas | Poza de la Sal | Pradoluengo | Presencio | Prádanos de Bureba | Puentedura | Quemada | Quintana del Pidio | Quintanabureba | Quintanaortuño | Quintanapalla | Quintanar de la Sierra | Quintanavides | Quintanaélez | Quintanilla San García | Quintanilla Vivar | Quintanilla de la Mata | Quintanilla del Agua y Tordueles | Quintanilla del Coco | Rabanera del Pinar | Rabé de las Calzadas | Rebolledo de la Torre | Redecilla del Camino | Redecilla del Campo | Regumiel de la Sierra | Reinoso | Retuerta | Revilla Vallejera | Revilla del Campo | Revillarruz | Rezmondo | Riocavado de la Sierra | Roa | Rojas | Royuela de Río Franco | Rubena | Rublacedo de Abajo | Rucandio | Rábanos | Salas de Bureba | Salas de los Infantes | Saldaña de Burgos | Salinillas de Bureba | San Adrián de Juarros | San Juan del Monte | San Mamés de Burgos | San Martín de Rubiales | San Millán de Lara | San Vicente del Valle | Santa Cecilia | Santa Cruz de la Salceda | Santa Cruz del Valle Urbión | Santa Gadea del Cid | Santa Inés | Santa María Rivarredonda | Santa María del Campo | Santa María del Invierno | Santa María del Mercadillo | Santa Olalla de Bureba | Santibáñez de Esgueva | Santibáñez del Val | Santo Domingo de Silos | Sargentes de la Lora | Sarracín | Sasamón | Solarana | Sordillos | Sotillo de la Ribera | Sotragero | Sotresgudo | Susinos del Páramo | Tamarón | Tardajos | Tejada | Terradillos de Esgueva | Tinieblas de la Sierra | Tobar | Tordómar | Torrecilla del Monte | Torregalindo | Torrelara | Torrepadre | Torresandino | Tosantos | Trespaderne | Tubilla del Agua | Tubilla del Lago | Tórtoles de Esgueva | Úrbel del Castillo | Vadocondes | Valdeande | Valdezate | Valdorros | Vallarta de Bureba | Valle de Losa | Valle de Manzanedo | Valle de Mena | Valle de Oca | Valle de Santibáñez | Valle de Sedano | Valle de Tobalina | Valle de Valdebezana | Valle de Valdelaguna | Valle de Valdelucio | Valle de Zamanzas | Valle de las Navas | Vallejera | Valles de Palenzuela | Valluércanes | Valmala | Vileña | Villadiego | Villaescusa de Roa | Villaescusa la Sombría | Villaespasa | Villafranca Montes de Oca | Villafruela | Villagalijo | Villagonzalo Pedernales | Villahoz | Villalba de Duero | Villalbilla de Burgos | Villalbilla de Gumiel | Villaldemiro | Villalmanzo | Villamayor de Treviño | Villamayor de los Montes | Villambistia | Villamedianilla | Villamiel de la Sierra | Villangómez | Villanueva de Argaño | Villanueva de Carazo | Villanueva de Gumiel | Villanueva de Teba | Villaquirán de la Puebla | Villaquirán de los Infantes | Villarcayo de Merindad de Castilla la Vieja | Villariezo | Villasandino | Villasur de Herreros | Villatuelda | Villaverde del Monte | Villaverde-Mogina | Villayerno Morquillas | Villazopeque | Villegas | Villoruebo | Viloria de Rioja | Vilviestre del Pinar | Vizcaínos | Zael | Zarzosa de Río Pisuerga | Zazuar | Zuñeda Image File history File links Flag_of_Castilla_y_León. ... Aranda de Duero is a Spanish town in the south of the province of Burgos. ... Arija is a small municipality north of Burgos, Spain, that dates back from more than thousand years. ... Belorado is a village in Spain, belonging to the province Burgos, with a population of 2100 inhabitants. ... The cathedral Our Lady of Burgos. ... Caleruega is a small town and municipality in the autonomous community of Castile-Leon, Spain. ... The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. ... Coruña del Conde is a Spanish village and municipality located at the south of Burgos province, Castile-Leon autonomous community, in the Aranda de Duero jurisdiction. ... Location of Covarrubias Covarrubias is a village and municipality in the province of Burgos in the Spanish autonomous community of Castile-Leon. ... Mecerreyes is a village and municipality in the province of Burgos in Spain, part of the autonomous community of Castile-Leon. ... Milagros is a Spanish village and municipality in the province of Burgos, part of the autonomous community of Castile-Leon. ... Miranda de Ebro is an industrial city in the north-east of the province of Burgos in Spain on the border with the province of Álava and the autonomous community of La Rioja. ... Padilla de Abajo is a small village located in the province of Burgos, in the kingdom of Spain. ... Palacios de la Sierra is a small town in the Spanish province of Burgos. ... Salas de los Infantes is a municipality located in Burgos Province between Logroño, Soria and Burgos in Spain. ... The Municipality of San Juan (Filipino: Bayan ng San Juan) is a municipality in Metro Manila in the Philippines. ... Santa Ines is an island in southern Chile, lying south west of the Brunswick Peninsula in the Francisco Coloane Coastal and Marine Protected Area. ... The Valley of Mena (Spanish: Valle de Mena) is a municipality of the province of Burgos, Spain, that borders Biscay. ... Villahoz is a village in Spain. ... Villalmanzo is a village of the province of Burgos, Castile and Leon (Spain). ... Nickname: Villatueldanos/as Municipality Villatuelda Mayor Ausencio Monje (PP) Area    - City 15,30 km²  - Land 15,30 km² Population (2005)  - City 62 hab. ...


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Burgos and its outskirts - OTRBurgos (91 words)
The province of Burgos is situated in region of Castilla y León which is the biggest in the European Union.
Burgos has got a very good access from Madrid thanks to the high-way (toll-free) which gives to these two cities straight connection between the both of them.
Burgos has got one of the biggest medieval art collections in Europe which can be found all over beautiful villages located in this province.
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Burgos - Monasterio de Miraflores is one of the topics in focus at Global Oneness.
It is the capital of the province of Burgos.
Founded in the 9th century, but retaining its Visigothic name signifying consolidated walled villages (burgos), the city was the seat of a Catholic bishop from the 10th century and became in the 11th century the capital of the kingdom of Castile.
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