Burela
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Burela, is a municipality in the Spanish
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...

 province of Lugo
Lugo
Lugo is a city in northwestern Spain, in the autonomous community of Galicia. It is the capital of the province of Lugo. The municipality had a population of 97,635 in 2010, which makes is the fourth most populated city in Galicia.-Population:...

. The first written reference to Burela is in a document dated back to 1096, and it is referred as Burellum. The origin of the name Burela is still unknown. Burela has an ancient history with some archeological evidence like the "Torques", a piece of the "castrexa" culture. It got the independence from Cervo
Cervo, Lugo
Cervo, is a municipality in the Spanish province of Lugo....

 in 1994. Burela is known for its large fishing port where albacore
Albacore
The albacore, Thunnus alalunga, is a type of tuna in the family Scombridae. This species is also called albacore fish, albacore tuna, albicore, longfin, albies, pigfish, tombo ahi, binnaga, Pacific albacore, German bonito , longfin tuna, longfin tunny, or even just tuna...

("bonito del norte") and hake are delivered daily to the rest of Spain. Here lives Aitor Castro.
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