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[[Image:Uribe map historical.gif|250px|thumb|right|Map of historical Uribe (red)<br> (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]]
*[[Txoriherri]], including [[Erandio]]
*[[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. [[Alvaro Uribe]], the current 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]
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