Haro, La Rioja

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Haro
Municipality
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 42°35′N 2°51′W / 42.583°N 2.850°W / 42.583; -2.850
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	La Rioja
Comarca	Haro
Government
• Mayor	Laura Rivado Casas (PSOE)
Area
• Total	40.53 km2 (15.65 sq mi)
Elevation	479 m (1,572 ft)
Population  (2018)[1]
• Total	11,309
• Density	280/km2 (720/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	harense; jarrero, ra
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CET)
Website	www.haro.org/es

Haro (Spanish: [ˈaɾo] ^ⓘ) is a town and municipality in the northwest of La Rioja province in Northern Spain. It hosts the annual Haro Wine Festival, as it produces red wine. Its architectural heritage includes the plateresque main entrance of the Church of Santo Tomás, the work of Felipe Vigarny, numerous palaces, and the old town, which was declared a Historic-Artistic Site in 1975.^{[citation needed]}

Haro was the first town in Spain to have electric street lighting.^{[citation needed]}