La Bureba

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.[1]

Municipalities (44)[2]

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.

See also

Shires of Burgos.
  Ebro
  La Bureba

Notes

  1. Turismo-briviesca.com
  2. In parentheses is the number of minor local entities from each municipality

Coordinates: 42°36′09″N 3°21′33″W / 42.60250°N 3.35917°W / 42.60250; -3.35917

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