Ullíbarri-Gamboa

Ullíbarri-Gamboa (Spanish: [uˈʎiβari ɣamˈboa], Basque: Uribarri Ganboa Basque pronunciation: [uɾiβari ɣamboa])^[2] is a hamlet and concejo located in the municipality of Arratzua-Ubarrundia, in Álava province, Basque Country, Spain.

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
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Basque Country
Province	Álava
Comarca	Gorbeialdea
Municipality	Arratzua-Ubarrundia
Area
• Total	7.23 km2 (2.79 sq mi)
Elevation	559 m (1,834 ft)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Total	81
• Density	11/km2 (29/sq mi)
Postal code	01520

The hamlet gives its name to the Ullíbarri-Gamboa Reservoir, the largest in the Basque Country,^[3] 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.^[4]

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").^[2] 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).^[5]

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.^[6]
• 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.^{[citation needed]}
• Francisco Ruiz de Azúa (1868-1929), a Benedictine monk and missionary who became Bishop of Eastern Tonkin in 1919.^[7]

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