Anguiano - La Rioja (Spain) - Municipality Map

Anguiano ( es, Anguiano) is a small town in the

province A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''Roman province, provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire ...

La Rioja 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 N� ...

, Spain. It is located near

Nájera Nájera () is a small town, former bishopric and now Latin Catholic titular see, former capital of the Kingdom of Navarre, located in the "Rioja Alta" region of La Rioja, northern Spain, on the river Najerilla. Nájera is a stopping point on the F ...

and has a population of about 546 people (2006). Anguiano is famous for its

caparrones Caparrones is a Spanish stew made of ''caparrón'', a variety of red kidney bean, and a spicy sausage chorizo, both of which are local specialties of the Spanish La Rioja region. The shape of ''caparrón'' bean is shorter and rounder than common ...

, red beans that are usually eaten in a stew with

chorizo Chorizo (, from Spanish ; similar to but distinct from Portuguese ) is a type of pork cured meat originating from the Iberian Peninsula. In Europe, chorizo is a fermented, cured, smoked meat, which may be sliced and eaten without cooking, or ...

, and a yearly festival is held honoring these beans. The town is known as well for its traditional dance on stilts.Stilt dance in Anguiano
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