Sondika

Coordinates: 43°17′56″N 2°55′31″W / 43.298777°N 2.925348°W / 43.298777; -2.925348
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Sondika
Sondika is located in the Basque Country
Sondika
Sondika
Location of Sondika within the Basque Country
Coordinates: 43°17′56″N 2°55′31″W / 43.298777°N 2.925348°W / 43.298777; -2.925348
Country Spain
Autonomous community Basque Country
ProvinceBiscay
EskualdeaGreater Bilbao
Government
 • MayorGorka Carro Bilbao
Area
 • Total6.30 km2 (2.43 sq mi)
Elevation
27 m (89 ft)
Population
 (2018)[1]
 • Total4,495
 • Density710/km2 (1,800/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Websitewww.sondika.eus

Sondika (Spanish, Sondica) is a town and municipality located in the province of Biscay, in the Autonomous Community of Basque Country, northern Spain.[2]

Situated directly south of the runway of Bilbao Airport, it is the location of Bilbao British Cemetery, containing a Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery with 58 casualties (not to be confused with a far larger municipal cemetery in neighbouring Derio).

References

  1. ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  2. ^ "SONDIKA". Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (in Spanish). Euskomedia Fundazioa. 2002. Archived from the original on 31 March 2006.

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