 garai (in basque and officially, in spanish garay) is an elizate, town and municipality located in the province of biscay, in the basque country, spain. garai is part of the comarca of durangaldea and has a population of 318 inhabitants as of 2009 according to the spanish national statistics institute. == toponymy == the complete name of the elizate was san miguel de garay, but the municipality was named just "garay". the name may have two different origins; one due its geographical location, as garai is located in the upper area of durangaldea and garai is the basque word for "upper" or "the upper part"; but also, the name might be related to the hÃ³rreos, very common in this area of biscay and that have the basque name of garaidxe. then, san miguel de garay could be translated as "san miguel of the upper part" of "san miguel of the hÃ³rreos". traditionally, the name of the t
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