Ullíbarri-Gamboa | |
Settlement Type: | Concejo |
Pushpin Map: | Spain Álava#Spain Basque Country#Spain |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Spain |
Subdivision Type1: | Autonomous community |
Subdivision Name1: | Basque Country |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Álava |
Subdivision Type3: | Comarca |
Subdivision Name3: | Gorbeialdea |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Arratzua-Ubarrundia |
Area Total Km2: | 7.23 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 81 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Elevation M: | 559 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 01520 |
Ullíbarri-Gamboa (pronounced as /es/, eu|Uribarri Ganboa in Basque pronounced as /uɾiβari ɣamboa/)[2] is a hamlet and concejo located in the municipality of Arratzua-Ubarrundia, in Álava province, Basque Country, Spain.
The hamlet gives its name to the Ullíbarri-Gamboa Reservoir, the largest in the Basque Country,[3] The construction of the dam, between 1947 and 1956, flooded part of the village as well as most of its farmland, forcing many residents to move to nearby Vitoria-Gasteiz.[4]
The word Ullíbarri literally means "new town" in Basque, from uri (an archaic form of hiri, meaning "city") and barri (a dialectal form of berri, meaning "new").[2] Gamboa is the name of the valley which was flooded by the reservoir, as well as a former municipality in the area (Ullíbarri-Gamboa was not part of the municipality).[5]