Uribe

{{for|other uses of Uribe please|Uribe (disambiguation)}} [[Image:Uribe map historical.gif|250px|thumb|right|Map of historical Uribe (red)
(open for full legend)]] The '''Merindad de Uribe''' or '''Uribealdea''' is a historical subdivision of [[Biscay]], [[Basque Country (autonomous community)|Basque Country]], [[Spain]]. Today, the "Uribe" is usually defined by subdivisions caused by the urban development of the [[Greater Bilbao]] conurbation. These are: *[[Bilbao]] (main city) *[[Uribe-Kosta]] (''Uribe-Coast''), around [[Getxo]] *[[Txorierri]] *[[Hego Uribe]] (''Southern Uribe''), around [[Basauri]] and [[Galdakao]] *[[Mungialdea]], around [[Mungia]] and [[Plentzia]] Additionally, Barakaldo is now considered to be part of [[Left Bank (Biscay)|Left Bank]] and a few rural municipalities of the southernmost tip of historical Uribe are grouped with other areas in [[Arratia-Nerbioi]]. Uribe is also a [[Basque language|Basque]] surname. Etyologically seems to read ''under the city/town'' but its meaning is not clear. [[Álvaro Uribe]], the former president of Colombia, bears this surname. In Latin America, there are other branches of the family in Ecuador and Mexico. == External links == *[http://maps.google.es/maps?f=q&hl=es&q=mungia&ie=UTF8&z=12&ll=43.364876,-2.853355&spn=0.169973,0.431213&t=k&om=1 Uribe Google Maps] *[http://www.uribetur.com Uribe county web site in English, Euskara, Spanish] {{Comarcas of Basque Country}} {{coord missing|Spain}}