Araba / Álava

The Province of Álava or Araba, officially Araba/Álava, is a province of Spain and a historical territory of the , heir of the ancient Lordship of Álava, former medieval Catholic bishopric and now Latin titular see.
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  • Type: province of Spain with 332,000 residents
  • Description: province of Basque Country, Spain
  • Also known as: “Alaba herria”, “Álava”, “Álava / Araba”, “Álava Province”, “Álava-Araba”, “Araba / Alava”, “Gasteiz province”, “provinca Gasteiz”, “provinca Vittoria”, “province de Gasteiz”, “province de Vitoria”, “province de Vitoria-Gasteiz”, “Province of Alava”, “província d’Àlaba”, “provincia d’Álava”, “provincia d’Araba”, “provincia de Álava”, “provincia de Vitoria”, “Vitoria province”, “Vitoria-Gasteiz Province”, and “ألافا”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Iruña-Veleia and Circus of Iruña-Veleia.

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Veleia was a Roman town in Hispania, now located…

Archaeological site
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is an archaeological site.

Sports venue
The , also known…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Vitoria-Gasteiz and Zabalgana.

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is in the heart of the in .

Suburb
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Vitoria-Gasteiz is the seat of government and the… is situated 4 km east of Araba / Álava.

Suburb
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is a suburb, which is situated 5 km northeast of Araba / Álava.

Araba / Álava

Latitude
42.8333° or 42° 50′ north
Longitude
-2.75° or 2° 45′ west
Population
332,000
Elevation
523 metres (1,716 feet)
Open location code
8CJVR7M2+82
Geo­Names ID
3130717
Wiki­data ID
Q81801
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Araba / Álava” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Álava”
  • Albanian: “Provinca Álava”
  • Arabic: “ألبة”
  • Aragonese: “Alaba”
  • Aragonese: “Alava”
  • Armenian: “Ալավա”
  • Asturian: “Álava”
  • Azerbaijani: “Alava vilayəti”
  • Basque: “Araba”
  • Belarusian: “Алава”
  • Belarusian: “правінцыя Алава”
  • Bengali: “এলাভা”
  • Breton: “Araba”
  • Bulgarian: “Алава”
  • Catalan: “Àlaba”
  • Catalan: “Província d’Àlaba”
  • Cebuano: “Araba / Álava”
  • Cebuano: “Araba/Álava”
  • Chinese: “阿拉瓦省”
  • Croatian: “Alava”
  • Croatian: “Álava”
  • Czech: “Álava”
  • Danish: “Álava”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Álava (wılayet)”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Álava”
  • Dutch: “Álava”
  • Esperanto: “Provinco Alavo”
  • Estonian: “Araba provints”
  • Estonian: “Araba”
  • Finnish: “Álava”
  • French: “Alava”
  • Galician: “Álava”
  • Galician: “Áraba”
  • Galician: “provincia de Áraba”
  • Georgian: “ალავა”
  • German: “Álava”
  • Greek: “Άλαβα”
  • Gujarati: “અલાવા”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז אלאבה”
  • Hindi: “अलवा प्रान्त”
  • Hindi: “आलाबा”
  • Hungarian: “Araba”
  • Indonesian: “Álava”
  • Irish: “Araba”
  • Italian: “Álava”
  • Japanese: “アラバ”
  • Japanese: “アラバ県”
  • Kannada: “ಅಲಾವಾ”
  • Kazakh: “Алава”
  • Korean: “아라바도”
  • Korean: “알라바주”
  • Ladin: “Álava”
  • Ladino: “Alava”
  • Ladino: “Provinsia de Alava”
  • Latin: “Alava”
  • Latvian: “Alavas province”
  • Lithuanian: “Alavos provincija”
  • Livvi: “Araba”
  • Luxembourgish: “Álava”
  • Macedonian: “Алава”
  • Malay: “Álava”
  • Marathi: “अलावा”
  • Mazanderani: “آلابا اوستان”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Álava”
  • Mingrelian: “ალავა”
  • Northern Frisian: “Araba”
  • Northern Luri: “آلابا”
  • Northern Sami: “Álava eanangoddi”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Álava”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Álava”
  • Norwegian: “Álava”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Alaba”
  • Ossetian: “Алавæ”
  • Pampanga: “Álava”
  • Persian: “استان آلابا”
  • Polish: “Álava”
  • Polish: “Araba”
  • Portuguese: “Álava”
  • Romanian: “Provincia Álava”
  • Russian: “Алава”
  • Scots: “Álava”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Álava”
  • Serbian: “Покрајина Алава”
  • Serbian: “Провинција Алава”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Álava”
  • Sicilian: “Álava”
  • Sinhala: “අලවා”
  • Slovenian: “Alava”
  • Slovenian: “Álava”
  • South Azerbaijani: “آلابا اوستانی”
  • Spanish: “Álava”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Álava”
  • Swahili: “Álava”
  • Swedish: “Álava”
  • Tamil: “அல்லவா”
  • Telugu: “అలావా”
  • Thai: “จังหวัดอาลาบา”
  • Turkish: “Álava”
  • Ukrainian: “Алава”
  • Urdu: “آلابا”
  • Uzbek: “Álava”
  • Venetian: “Araba”
  • Vietnamese: “Álava”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Álava”
  • Welsh: “Araba”
  • Western Armenian: “Ալաւա”
  • Wu Chinese: “阿拉瓦省”
  • Yue Chinese: “阿拉瓦省”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Aríñez and Lermanda.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Mendizorrotza Stadium and Prado Park.

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Worth a closer look: Bilbao and San Sebastián.

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