Talk:Álava

Province?
Hi there, Álava is not a province, neither are Biscay or Guipúzcoa. The three are offcially called "historic territories", and calling them provinces is a mistake (a common one, though). —This unsigned comment is by 213.86.197.188 (talk • contribs) 24 September 2005.


 * I believe it is both, at least according to the Spanish wiki equivalent.--cjllw | TALK  13:39, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

Naming debate
I have started a general naming debate on the naming conventions of Basque provinces at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Basque and would like to invite all interested parties to take part in the debate. Akerbeltz (talk) 12:02, 23 January 2010 (UTC)

Heir of the Ancient Lord of Ávila?
A region or territory cannot be an 'heir' to anything, as by definition an heir inherits something and a territory cannot inherit itself. Should this be seat of the ancient lord of Ávila? I don't want to correct anything on this page as I'm not a member. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.46.80.10 (talk) 10:51, 25 July 2012 (UTC)

Some needed changes
The name of Araba can not be Álava in English and not with accent, the official name of the territory is Araba/Álava, we could use just the official name or Alava without accent or Araba as Bizkaia officialy is Biscay because it has its an old translation to English but Gipuzkoa is written Gipuzkoa and not Guipuzcoa in spanish. I will wait 7 days to ask for a new page title.

There is another point that is important and should be explained correctly, Araba, Gipuzkoa, Navarre and Biscay are not provinces of Spain, the 3 territories of the basque autonomous community are called in Spanish Constitution "Historical foral territories" and Navarre has the status of "Foral autonomous community". The four territories have their own tax offices and a large list of powers about almost everything. This should be written and clarify.ElViejoVascon (talk) 00:03, 31 August 2018 (UTC)

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