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Oja (river)
Rio Oja is a river in the La Rioja province of northern Spain. It flows through the Oja Valley past the town and municipality of Ezcaray. It is generally accepted to have given its name to the famous wine of the Rioja DO, although there are other theories. The Oja flows into the Tirón River east of Cihuri Cihuri is a village in the province and autonomous community of La Rioja, Spain. The municipality covers an area of and as of 2011 had a population of 223 people. History In the year 947 the Spanish count Fernán González, donated to the mon ..., and the Tirón flows into the Ebro immediately north of Haro. Rivers of Spain Rivers of La Rioja (Spain) References {{Spain-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ezcaray
Ezcaray is a town and municipality in the Oja River, Oja Valley in the La Rioja (Spain), La Rioja region of northern Spain. The name is of Basque language, Basque origin. The town is situated at the base of the Mount San Lorenzo, San Lorenzo peak and is from the Valdezcaray ski area. Demographics Population centres * Ezcaray * Altuzarra, La Rioja, Altuzarra * Ayabarrena * Azárrulla * Cilbarrena * Posadas, La Rioja, Posadas * San Antón, La Rioja, San Antón * Turza, La Rioja, Turza * Urdanta * Zaldierna * Turza, La Rioja, TurzaPolitics Places of interest * ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Rioja (autonomous Community)
La Rioja () is an autonomous community and province in Spain, in the north of the Iberian Peninsula. Its capital is Logroño. Other cities and towns in the province include Calahorra, Arnedo, Alfaro, Haro, Santo Domingo de la Calzada, and Nájera. It has an estimated population of 315,675 inhabitants (INE 2018), making it the least populated autonomous community of Spain. It covers part of the Ebro valley towards its north and the Iberian Range in the south. The community is a single province, so there is no County Council, and it is organized into 174 municipalities. It borders the Basque Country (province of Álava) to the north, Navarre to the northeast, Aragón to the southeast (province of Zaragoza), and Castilla y León to the west and south (provinces of Burgos and Soria). The area was once occupied by pre-Roman Berones, Pellendones and Vascones. After partial recapture from the Muslims in the early tenth century, the region became part of the Kingdom of Pamplona, lat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tirón River
The Tirón is a river in central-northern Spain in the provinces La Rioja, Burgos and Castile and León. Its length is 65 kilometres. Its source is in Sierra de la Demanda. The Tirón's longest tributary is the Oja, and it flows into the Ebro north east of Haro. In April 2015, anti-erosion work was established in Herramélluri; its cost was 221,000 euro The euro ( symbol: €; code: EUR) is the official currency of 19 out of the member states of the European Union (EU). This group of states is known as the eurozone or, officially, the euro area, and includes about 340 million citizens . .... References Rivers of Spain Rivers of La Rioja (Spain) Rivers of Castile and León {{Spain-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cihuri
Cihuri is a village in the province and autonomous community of La Rioja, Spain. The municipality covers an area of and as of 2011 had a population of 223 people. History In the year 947 the Spanish count Fernán González, donated to the monastery of San Millán de la Cogolla, a monastery which was dedicate to San Juan Bautista located in ''Zufiuri'', After a short period the same count gave the title of villa to this village. This caused some conflicts between the inhabitants of the villa and the friars. Due to that, the villa became to rename ''Cihuri de San Millán''. In the middle of the 11th century, King Fernando I de Castilla, confirmed any assignment of Fernan Gonzalez to San Millán and broad with the donation of lands, vineyards, orchards, meadows, fruit trees and Cihuri mills. In 1075 with the occasion of the transfer of the work by the monarch Mr Sancho Garcés IV de Navarra and his wife Mrs Placencia to the monastery of San Millán, a farm called Urturi and a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haro, La Rioja
Haro () is a town and municipality in the northwest of La Rioja province in northern Spain. It produces red wine, and hosts the annual Haro Wine Festival. Its architectural heritage includes the plateresque main entrance of the Church of Santo Tomás, the work of Felipe Vigarny, numerous palaces, and the old town, which was declared a Historic-Artistic Site in 1975. Haro was the first town in Spain to have electric street lighting. History There are several theories about the founding of Haro, though the most realistic theory is that of Domingo Hergueta, who argued that before the town, there was a lighthouse ( es, faro) near the village of Cerro de la Mota which illuminated the mouth of the Ebro river. The town was named for the lighthouse, and ''Faro'' later evolved into ''Haro''. During the Roman rule of Hispania, a fort called Castrum Bibilium was built in the cliffs of Bibilio. The first mention of Haro dates back to the year 1040, in a document of king García Sánchez I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivers Of Spain
This is an incomplete list of rivers that are at least partially in Spain. The rivers flowing into the sea are sorted along the coast. Rivers flowing into other rivers are listed by the rivers they flow into. Rivers in the mainland Iberian Peninsula can be divided into those belonging to the Mediterranean watershed, those flowing into the Atlantic Ocean and those emptying into the Cantabrian sea (a marginal sea of the Atlantic off the northern coast of the Iberian peninsula). Tributaries are listed down the page in an downstream direction. The main stem river of a catchment is labelled as , left-bank tributaries are indicated by , right-bank tributaries by . Where a named river derives from the confluence of two differently named rivers these are labelled as and for the left and right forks (the rivers on the left and right, relative to an observer facing downstream). The transboundary rivers partially running through Portugal or France and/or along the borders of Spain with thos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
