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Lazkao
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| Country | Spain | ||
| Autonomous community | Basque Country | ||
| Province | Gipuzkoa | ||
| Region | Goierri | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Azeari Sumakila Andonegi (Bildu) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 11.4 km2 (4.4 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 160 m (525 ft) | ||
| Population (2005) | |||
| • Total | 5,409 | ||
| • Density | 449.34/km2 (1,163.8/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | GMT (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | GMT (UTC) | ||
| Website | http://www.lazkao.net | ||
Lazkao (Spanish: Lazcano) is a town and municipality located in the Goierri region of the province of Gipuzkoa, in the Basque Autonomous Community in Northern Spain.
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Lazkao is located in the Southern Basque Country, in the province of Gipuzkoa, Spain. Lazkao lies in a lush valley. To its north are Beasain and Ordizia; to the south are Idiazabal and Ataun; to the east Zaldibia and to the west Olaberria.
Distances to important places
The urban police force in Lazkao (in Basque Udaltzaingoa), has four policemen, two police cars and a motorbike. The police station is located in the ground floor of the town hall of Lazkao. The urban police of Lazkao carries out these duties: Traffic, notifications, works control, organization of the town market, lost objects, etc.
Many Basque historians think that Lazkao was founded in 1053.
Two men were shot in Lazkao during the Spanish Civil War.
In 2005, a Benedictine monk of the town was arrested by the Spanish National Police and by the Guardia Civil. They thought that the monk had connections with the Basque separatist group E.T.A.. In 2006, ETA explodes a bomb in the company Azkar, because Azkar did not pay the revolutionary tax to the group.
2007 was the Second anniversary of bicentenary of the arrival of the Benedictine monks to the town. Celebrated by the Deputy-General of Gipuzkoa and by Juan Jose Ibarretxe, the Lehendakari (Basque Prime Minister) of the Basque Autonomous Community.
Every first Sunday in January. On this day, the Flight to Egypt is performed throughout the street of the town.
This Biblical passage was first performed in Lazkao the 17th century. Nowadays, the Nuns of the Covent of Lazkao continue to sell the traditional wafers for this event.
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