Añana
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Añana is a valley and municipality
located in the province of Álava
, in the Basque Country
, northern Spain
, with the main population nucleus being the village Salinas de Añana. The town is renowned for its old salt flats
dating at least from the times of the Romans, an industry much in decay but still kept alive thanks to tourism.
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
located in the province of Álava
Álava
Álava is a province of Spain and a historical territory of the Basque Country, heir of the ancient Lord of Álava. Its capital city is Vitoria-Gasteiz which is also the capital of the autonomous community...
, in the Basque Country
Basque Country (autonomous community)
The Basque Country is an autonomous community of northern Spain. It includes the Basque provinces of Álava, Biscay and Gipuzkoa, also called Historical Territories....
, northern Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
, with the main population nucleus being the village Salinas de Añana. The town is renowned for its old salt flats
Salt Valley of Añana
The Salt Valley of Añana is one of the most spectacular and best preserved inland saltworks. Its value not only lies in its particular architecture or on its almost 1200 years of documented history, or even in its geological features, biodiversity or landscape values, but in the union in perfect...
dating at least from the times of the Romans, an industry much in decay but still kept alive thanks to tourism.