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La Rioja (Spain)

La Rioja
Autonomous community
La Rioja (Spanish)
Flag of La Rioja
Flag
Coat-of-arms of La Rioja
Coat of arms
Map of La Rioja
Location of La Rioja within Spain
Coordinates: 42°15′N 2°30′W / 42.250°N 2.500°W / 42.250; -2.500Coordinates: 42°15′N 2°30′W / 42.250°N 2.500°W / 42.250; -2.500
Country Spain
Capital Logroño
Government
 • President José Ignacio Ceniceros (PP)
Area(1.0% of Spain; Ranked 16th)
 • Total 5,045 km2 (1,948 sq mi)
Population (2007)
 • Total 308,968
 • Density 61/km2 (160/sq mi)
 • Pop. rank 17th
 • Percent 0.7% of Spain
Demonym
 • English Riojan
 • Spanish riojano/a
ISO 3166-2 LO
Official languages Spanish
Statute of Autonomy June 9, 1982
Parliament Cortes Generales
Congress seats 4 (of 350)
Senate seats 4 (of 264)
Website Gobierno de La Rioja

La Rioja (/lə riˈhəˌ -kə/; Spanish: [la ˈrjoxa]) is an autonomous community and a province in Spain, located in the north of the Iberian Peninsula. Its capital is Logroño. Other cities and towns in the province include Calahorra, Arnedo, Alfaro, Haro, Santo Domingo de la Calzada, and Nájera. It has an estimated population of 322,415 inhabitants (INE 2010).

It covers part of the Ebro valley towards its north and the Iberian Range in the south. The community is a single province, so there is no County Council, and it is organized into 174 municipalities. It borders the Basque Country (province of Álava) to the north, Navarre to the northeast, Aragón to the southeast (province of Zaragoza), and Castilla y León to the west and south (provinces of Burgos and Soria).


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