- Uribe
The Merindad de Uribe or Uribealdea is a historical subdivision of
Biscay , Basque Country,Spain . Today, the "Uribe" is usually defined by subdivisions caused by the urban development of theGreater Bilbao conurbation. These are:
*Bilbao (main city)
*Uribe-Kosta ("Uribe-Coast"), aroundGetxo
*Txoriherri , includingErandio
*Hego Uribe ("Southern Uribe"), aroundBasauri andGaldakao
*Mungialdea , aroundMungia andPlentzia Additionally, Barakaldo is now considered to be part of Left Bank and a few rural municipalities of the southernmost tip of historical Uribe are grouped with other areas in
Arratia-Nerbioi .Uribe is also a Basque surname. Etyologically seems to read "under the city/town" but its meaning is not clear.
Alvaro Uribe , the current president of Colombia, bears this surname. In Latin America, there are other branches of the family in Ecuador and Mexico.External links
* [http://maps.google.es/maps?f=q&hl=es&q=mungia&ie=UTF8&z=12&ll=43.364876,-2.853355&spn=0.169973,0.431213&t=k&om=1 Uribe Google Maps]
* [http://www.uribetur.com Uribe county web site in English, Euskara, Spanish]
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