La Bureba

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La Bureba
Comarca
Country  Spain
Autonomous community Castile and León Castile and León
Province Burgos
Capital Briviesca
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Largest municipality Briviesca

La Bureba is a comarca located in the northeast of the Province of Burgos in the autonomous community of Castile and León, Spain. It is bounded on the north by Las Merindades, east by the Comarca del Ebro, south-east by the Montes de Oca and south-west by the Alfoz de Burgos.

Administrative Entities

The comarca capital is Briviesca.[2]

Municipalities (44)[3]

Geography

La Bureba is criss-crossed by several small rivers and arroyos that empty into the Ebro river: the Homino, Oroncillo, Oca, and Tirón. The mountain ranges of the northwesternmost end of the Sistema Ibérico are located in La Bureba.

History

See also

Shires of Burgos.
  Páramos
  Arlanza
  Merindades
  Ebro
  La Bureba
  Montes de Oca
  Sierra de la Demanda
  • Province of Burgos

Notes

  1. Time Magazine Aosta on Alag?
  2. Turismo-briviesca.com
  3. In parentheses is the number of minor local entities from each municipality

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