Ullíbarri-Gamboa

Ullíbarri-Gamboa (Spanish: [uˈʎiβari ɣamˈboa], Basque: Uribarri Ganboa Basque pronunciation: [uɾiβari ɣamboa])^[2] is a hamlet and concejo located in the municipality of Arratzua-Ubarrundia, in Álava province, Basque Country, Spain.

Ullíbarri-Gamboa
Concejo
Ullíbarri-Gamboa in the winter, view from the dam
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Coordinates: 42°56′14″N 2°36′31″W
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Basque Country
Province	Álava
Comarca	Gorbeialdea
Municipality	Arratzua-Ubarrundia
Area
• Total	7.23 km2 (2.79 sq mi)
Elevation	559 m (1,834 ft)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Total	81
• Density	11/km2 (29/sq mi)
Postal code	01520

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]

Etymology

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]

Notable people

• Bartolomé de Letona, a 17th-century Franciscan friar who held important positions in Mexico and the Philippines. He wrote several works about religion and the Philippine Islands.^[6]
• Tomás Ruiz de Azúa (1659–1731), a military officer who developed his career in Chile, where he became ordinary mayor of Santiago de Chile and governor of Valparaíso.^{[citation needed]}
• Francisco Ruiz de Azúa (1868-1929), a Benedictine monk and missionary who became Bishop of Eastern Tonkin in 1919.^[7]