Amárita
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Amarita (, ) is a hamlet and concejo in the municipality of Vitoria-Gasteiz, in Álava province, Basque Country, Spain. It lies along the Santa Engracia river, which empties into the Zadorra near Amarita.
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- Instance of
- single entity of population
- Country
- Spain
- Located in
- Vitoria-Gasteiz
- Elevation
- 530
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Image
- Amárita desde Miñano Mayor 1.jpg
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Amarita (, ) is a hamlet and concejo in the municipality of Vitoria-Gasteiz, in Álava province, Basque Country, Spain. It lies along the Santa Engracia river, which empties into the Zadorra near Amarita.
==History== The hamlet was first mentioned in the '' of 1025 with the spelling Hamarita''. At the time it belonged to the alfoz of Ubarrundia, together with neighboring settlements. Together with other nearby hamlets, it was transferred to the city of Vitoria in 1332 King Alfonso XI, to which it still belongs. The Basque language was spoken in Amarita until around the seventeenth century.
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