Back Alfaro AN Alfaro AST الفارو، لا ریوجا AZB Alfaro (La Rioja) Breton Alfaro Catalan Альфаро CE Alfaro (munisipyo) CEB Alfaro (Rioja) German Alfaro Esperanto Alfaro Spanish
Alfaro | |
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 View of Alfaro | |
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_-_Municipality_Map.svg) Location within La Rioja. | |
  Alfaro Location in La Rioja  Alfaro Location in Spain | |
| Coordinates: 42°10′41″N 1°44′56″W / 42.17806°N 1.74889°W | |
| Country |  Spain |
| Autonomous community |  La Rioja |
| Comarca | Alfaro |
| Area | |
• Total | 194.23 km2 (74.99 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 310 m (1,020 ft) |
| Population (2018)[1] | |
• Total | 9,460 |
| • Density | 49/km2 (130/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CET) |
| Website | Official website  |
Alfaro is a town and municipality in La Rioja, northern Spain. Its population in January 2009 was 9,883 inhabitants, and its area is 194.23 km2. It is known for the annual return and nesting of the 'Storks of Alfaro.'[2]
During ancient Roman times, Alfaro was a municipium known as Graccuris; named after Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus.
- ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
- ^ Eduardo de Juana; Ernest Garcia. The Birds of the Iberian Peninsula. p. 166.