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Ullíbarri-Gamboa
Concejo
Ullíbarri-Gamboa in the winter, view from the dam
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Coordinates: 42°56′14″N 2°36′31″W / 42.93722°N 2.60861°W / 42.93722; -2.60861
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Basque Country
Province	Álava
Comarca	Gorbeialdea
Municipality	Arratzua-Ubarrundia
Area
• Total	7.23 km (2.79 sq mi)
Elevation	559 m (1,834 ft)
Population
• Total	81
• Density	11/km (29/sq mi)
Postal code	01520

Ullíbarri-Gamboa (Spanish: [uˈʎiβari ɣamˈboa], Basque: Uribarri Ganboa Basque pronunciation: [uɾiβari ɣamboa]) is a hamlet and concejo located in the municipality of Arratzua-Ubarrundia, in Álava province, Basque Country, Spain.

The hamlet gives its name to the Ullíbarri-Gamboa Reservoir, the largest in the Basque Country, The construction of the dam, between 1947 and 1956, flooded part of the village as well as most of its farmland, forcing many residents to move to nearby Vitoria-Gasteiz.

Etymology

The word Ullíbarri literally means "new town" in Basque, from uri (an archaic form of hiri, meaning "city") and barri (a dialectal form of berri, meaning "new"). Gamboa is the name of the valley which was flooded by the reservoir, as well as a former municipality in the area (Ullíbarri-Gamboa was not part of the municipality).

Notable people

• Bartolomé de Letona, a 17th-century Franciscan friar who held important positions in Mexico and the Philippines. He wrote several works about religion and the Philippine Islands.
• Tomás Ruiz de Azúa (1659–1731), a military officer who developed his career in Chile, where he became ordinary mayor of Santiago de Chile and governor of Valparaíso.
• Francisco Ruiz de Azúa (1868-1929), a Benedictine monk and missionary who became Bishop of Eastern Tonkin in 1919.

References

1. "Nomenclátor: Núcleos". Entidades Locales de Álava (in Spanish). Diputación Foral de Álava. p. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
2. ^ Salaberri Zaratiegi, Patxi (2015). Araba/Álava: Los nombres de nuestros pueblos (PDF) (in Spanish). Euskaltzaindia. pp. 370–372. ISBN 978-84-944512-0-1. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
3. "El embalse de Ullibarri-Gamboa (Álava) está al 70,3% de su capacidad". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 29 August 2022. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
4. Triviño, Borja (16 July 2022). "Ullíbarri-Gamboa: el pueblo a los pies del embalse". GasteizHoy (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 October 2022.
5. Carracedo, Sergio (25 September 2020). "Los pueblos que el pantano de Ullíbarri anegó". El Correo (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 October 2022.
6. "Letona, Bartolomé de". Auñamendi Encyclopedia (in Spanish). Eusko Ikaskuntza. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
7. Cheney, David M. "Bishop Francisco Ruiz de Azúa Ortiz de Zárate". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 5 October 2022.

External links

• Media related to Ullíbarri-Gamboa at Wikimedia Commons

• Concejos in Arratzua-Ubarrundia