Zigoitia

Cigoitia (in Euskera an offeecially Zigoitia) is a municipality o the province o Álava, Basque Kintra, Spain.

Cigoitia
Municipality
Zigoitia
Cigoitia Location in Spain
Coordinates: 42°58′6″N 2°43′41″W
Kintra	Spain
Autonomous commonty	Basque Kintra
Province	Álava
Comarca	Zigoitia
Govrenment
• Alcalde	Ioseba Mikel Las Heras Martinez de Lapera (Bildu)
Area
• Total	102,07 km2 (3,941 sq mi)
Elevation	600 m (2,000 ft)
Postal code	01138

Place name

The ceety´s name Cigoitia is believit tae derive frae the Basque expression Zuya goitia (upper Zuya) acause it borders wi the municipality an valley o Zuya at the wast.

The fact that Cigoitia is heicher than Zuya coud be a explanation for the name Zuya goitia. The existence o resilient historical links atween baith valleys haes tae be validatit an aw; syne Cigoitia historically belangit tae Cuadrilla de Zuya.

Zigoitia is the normalisit shape o the toun name in the Basque leid, accordin tae the actual pronunciation in that leid an the modren Basque orthografie. In 1995 it wis adoptit bi the Toun Cooncil as the offeecial municipal name. It wis published bi the Boletín Oficial del Estado on 13 September 1996.

In 2013, the lairgest common grave o the Basque Kintra frae the Spaingie Ceevil War wis excavatit in the locality.

Demografie

Accordin tae the nomenclátor in 2011, the population registered in the municipality an in its localities wis:

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

Local admeenistration

The caipital status is in Ondategi an it haes 16 cooncils:

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

Freemit airtins

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