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'''Álava''' ({{IPA
▲'''Álava''' ({{IPA-es|ˈalaβa|IPA}} in Spanish) or '''Araba''' ({{IPA-eu|aˈɾaba}}), officially '''Araba/Álava''',<ref>[http://www.boe.es/boe/dias/2011/07/06/pdfs/BOE-A-2011-11606.pdf Ley 19/2011, de 5 de julio, por la que pasan a denominarse oficialmente "Araba/Álava", "Gipuzkoa" y "Bizkaia" las demarcaciones provinciales llamadas anteriormente "Álava", "Guipúzcoa" y "Vizcaya"]</ref> is a [[Provinces of Spain|province of Spain]] and a historical territory of the [[Basque Country (autonomous community)|Basque Country]], heir of the ancient [[Basque señoríos#Lords of Álava|Lordship of Álava]], former medieval Catholic bishopric and now Latin [[titular see]].
Its capital city, [[Vitoria-Gasteiz]], is also the seat of the political main institutions of the [[Basque Country (autonomous community)|Basque Autonomous Community]].<ref>[http://noticias.juridicas.com/base_datos/CCAA/pv-l1-1980.html Ley 1/1980 de Sede de las Instituciones de la Comunidad Autónoma del País Vasco]</ref> It borders the Basque provinces of [[Biscay]] and [[Gipuzkoa]] to the north, the community of [[La Rioja (Spain)|La Rioja]] to the south, the [[province of Burgos]] (in the community of [[Castile and León]]) to the west and the community of [[Navarre]] to the east. The [[Treviño enclave|Enclave of Treviño]], surrounded by Alavese territory, is however part of the province of Burgos, thus belonging to the autonomous community of Castile and León, not Álava.
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A 2021 sociolinguistic survey found that 22.4% of the adult population spoke [[Basque language|Basque]], an increase of six percentage points since 2011.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://basquetribune.com/the-basque-language-gains-speakers-but-no-surge-in-usage/ | title=The Basque Language Gains Speakers, but No Surge in Usage – Basque Tribune }}</ref>
===Population development===
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== See also ==
* [[List of municipalities in Álava]]
* [[Sonsierra de Navarra|Sonsierra]]
== Footnotes ==
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* [http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/t0085.htm GGatholic ecclesiastical history]
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