Alfaro is a town and municipality in La Rioja, northern Spain. Its population in January 2009 was 9,883 inhabitants, and its area is 194.23 km<sup>2</sup>. It is known for the annual return and nesting of the 'Storks of Alfaro.'
During ancient Roman times, Alfaro was a municipium known as Graccuris; named after Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus.
The town had a synagogue until the expulsion of the Jews in 1492. Afterwards the building disappeared, leaving only the plot of land, which by 1539 had been granted by the council for the construction of a house.
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