Anaya de Alba is a village

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 and municipality

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 in the province of Salamanca

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, western Spain

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, part of the autonomous community of Castile-Leon. It is located 32 kilometres from the city

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 of Salamanca

Salamanca

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 and has a population

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 of 271 people

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. The municipality

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 covers an area

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 of
37.04 km².

The village lies 879 metres above sea level

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The post code is 37863.

Anaya de Alba is the ancestral home of the famous Vicente family, whose ancestor Bruno Vicente emigrated to Bais City

Bais City

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in the Philippines in the 19th century. He had 5 children.