Álava (Basque: Araba) is a province of northern Spain in the southern part of the autonomous community of the Basque Country. The province has a population of 301,926 (2006 official estimate) and an area of 2.963 km² .
It is bordered by the provinces of Burgos, La Rioja, Navarre, Guipúzcoa, and Biscay. Within Álava is Condado de Treviño, an enclave which is part of Burgos province, Castile and León, although there is some support for Treviño joining the Basque Community.
The capital of Álava is Vitoria-Gasteiz (Vitoria is the Spanish name, Gasteiz the Basque name), which also serves as the capital of the autonomous community. The province is divided into seven counties (cuadrillas): Añana; Ayala; Campezo; Laguardia; Salvatierra; Vitoria-Gasteiz; Zuya. It also contains the municipality of Berganzo.
List of rulers (original names):
The title is attributed to the Castilian kings after 1332.
A Coruña / La Coruña Álava Albacete Alicante Almería Asturias Ávila Badajoz Balearic Islands Barcelona Biscay Burgos Cáceres Cádiz Cantabria Castellón Ceuta Ciudad Real Córdoba Cuenca Gerona / Girona Granada Guadalajara Guipuscoa Huelva Huesca Jaén Las Palmas de la Gran Canarias León Lérida / Lleida Lugo Madrid Málaga Melilla Murcia Navarre Orense / Ourense Palencia Pontevedra La Rioja Salamanca Segovia Seville Soria Tarragona Santa Cruz de Tenerife Teruel Toledo Valencia Valladolid Zamora Zaragoza