Zigoitia

Zigoitia
Municipality
Zigoitia Location in Spain Zigoitia Zigoitia (the Basque Country) Zigoitia Zigoitia (Spain)
Coordinates: 42°58′6″N 2°43′41″W
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Basque Country
Province	Álava
Comarca	Zigoitia
Government
• Alcalde	Ioseba Mikel Las Heras Martinez de Lapera (Bildu)
Area
• Total	10,207 km2 (3,941 sq mi)
Elevation	600 m (2,000 ft)
Population  (2018)
• Total	1,753
• Density	0.17/km2 (0.44/sq mi)
Postal code	01138

Zigoitia (Spanish: Cigoitia) is a municipality of the province of Álava, Basque Country, Spain.

Place name

The city's name Zigoitia is believed to derive from the Basque expression Zuya goitia (upper Zuya) because it borders with the municipality and valley of Zuya at the west.

The fact that Zigoitia is higher than Zuya could be an explanation for the name Zuya goitia. The existence of resilient historical links between both valleys also has to be validated; since Zigoitia historically belonged to Cuadrilla de Zuya.

Zigoitia is the normalized form of the town name in the Basque language, according to the actual pronunciation in that language and the modern Basque orthography. In 1995 it was adopted by the Town Council as the official municipal name. It was published by the Boletín Oficial del Estado on 13 September 1996.

In 2013 the largest common grave of the Basque Country from the Spanish Civil War was excavated in the locality.

Demography

According to the nomenclátor in 2011, the population registered in the municipality and in its localities was:

• Cigoitia: 1 729 inhabitants
  • Acosta (officially Acosta/Okoizta): 68 inhabitants
  • Apodaca (officially Apodaka): 163 inhabitants
  • Berrícano (officially Berrikano): 111 inhabitants
  • Buruaga: 50 inhabitants
  • Cestafe (officially Zestafe): 44 inhabitants
  • Echágüen (officially Etxaguen): 82 inhabitants
  • Echávarri-Viña (officially Etxabarri-Ibiña): 321 inhabitants
  • Eribe: 71 inhabitants
  • Gopegui (officially Gopegi): 243 inhabitants
  • Larrinoa: 13 inhabitants
  • Letona: 44 inhabitants
  • Manurga: 76 inhabitants
  • Mendarózqueta (officially Mendarozketa): 53 inhabitants
  • Murua: 146 inhabitants
  • Olano: 23 inhabitants
  • Ondátegui (officially Ondategi): 159 inhabitants
  • Záitegui (officially Zaitegi): 42 inhabitants
  • Dispersed citizens in Cigoitia: 22 inhabitants

Local administration

The capital status is in Ondategi and it has 16 councils:

• Acosta
• Apodaca
• Berrícano
• Buruaga
• Cestafe
• Echávarri-Viña
• Eribe
• Echágüen
• Gopegui
• Letona
• Manurga
• Mendarózqueta
• Murua
• Olano
• Ondátegui
• Záitegui

See also

Área funcional de Vitoria - Álava Central

External links

• Zigoitia in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (in Spanish)