Former kingdom, now autonomous community of Spain, with the capital at Logrono. Area 5,034 square kilometers. Estimated population in AD 1100, 60 thousand and population density 11.9 per square km. Today famed for its red wines.
The town of La Rioja is at: Latitude: 36.94697. Longitude: -2.45933..
But King Don Sancho gathered together his host, and put the Cid at their head; and such account did he give of his enemies, that he of Navarre was glad to enjoy Rioja in peace, and lay no farther claim to what his father had lost.
They came from Rioja, and from all Castille, and from all the country round about, and when they saw him their wonder was the greater, and hardly could they be persuaded that he was dead.