Country Spain Capital Aranda de Duero Largest municipality Aranda de Duero | Autonomous community Castile and León Time zone CET (UTC+1) Province Province of Burgos | |
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The Ribera del Duero is a comarca located at the southern tip of the province of Burgos, part of the Spanish autonomous community of Castile and León. The capital of the Ribera del Duero comarca or district is the town of Aranda de Duero.
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Map of Ribera del Duero, Burgos, Spain
The Ribera del Duero comarca or district slightly overlaps the Ribera del Duero D.O. wine region but only in the province of Burgos. The Ribera del Duero D.O. wine region stretches about 115km along "the banks of the river Duero" touching the provinces of Soria, Burgos, Segovia and Valladolid. It is bounded on the north by Arlanza shire, south on Province of Segovia, on the east by the province of Valladolid and west the Sierra de la Demanda shire and the province of Soria.
There are about 68 towns and villages (mostly villages) in the Ribera del Duero comarca.
History
Ribera del Duero was repopulated mainly by Astur, Cantabri, Visigothic, ... origins and Mozarab after the border of Castile County and the kingdom of Cordoba reach the riber Duero.
Geography
The waters of the river Duero run from east to west all the shire.