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[[File:bilbao satelite.png|thumb|250px|Gran Bilbao real color image taken by [[NASA]]'s [[Landsat]] [[satellite]].]] |
[[File:bilbao satelite.png|thumb|250px|Gran Bilbao real color image taken by [[NASA]]'s [[Landsat]] [[satellite]].]] |
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[[File:Aster bilbao lrg.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Infrared radiation|Infrared]] image taken July 5th 2000 by ASTER sensor on board [[NASA]]'s Terra [[satellite]]. Reddish areas are vegetation zones, dark blue zones are water bodies, white zones are clouds, their shadows can be clearly seen and greenish pixels denote the densely urbanized areas beside the Nervion river. Source: ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20051028175713/http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=4692 Earth Observatory] ([[NASA]]).]] |
[[File:Aster bilbao lrg.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Infrared radiation|Infrared]] image taken July 5th 2000 by ASTER sensor on board [[NASA]]'s Terra [[satellite]]. Reddish areas are vegetation zones, dark blue zones are water bodies, white zones are clouds, their shadows can be clearly seen and greenish pixels denote the densely urbanized areas beside the Nervion river. Source: ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20051028175713/http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=4692 Earth Observatory]'' ([[NASA]]).]] |
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Greater Bilbao can be divided into six ''subcomarcas'' or subregions: |
Greater Bilbao can be divided into six ''subcomarcas'' or subregions: |
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Latest revision as of 11:21, 5 January 2023
Greater Bilbao
Bilboaldea | |
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Country | Spain |
Autonomous community | Basque Country |
Province | Biscay |
Capital | Bilbao |
Area | |
• Total | 361.3 km2 (139.5 sq mi) |
Greater Bilbao (Basque: Bilboaldea, Spanish: Gran Bilbao) is an administrative division of the province of Biscay, in the Basque Country, Spain. It is one of the seven comarcas of Biscay and the most populated one. The capital city of Greater Bilbao is Bilbao.
Greater Bilbao is made by the municipalities situated along the Estuary of Bilbao which themselves form a conurbation, which metropolitan area is the fifth most populous in Spain.
Geography[edit]
Greater Bilbao, or Bilboaldea, is located at the northwest of the province of Biscay, limiting with the comarcas of Enkarterri in the west, Mungialdea and Busturialdea in the east, Durangaldea in the southeast and Arratia-Nerbioi in the south. The Bay of Biscay limits at north.
Divisions[edit]
Greater Bilbao can be divided into six subcomarcas or subregions:
- The city of Bilbao itself, comprising a single municipality but containing eight districts; earlier part of the Uribe region (merindad)
- The left bank: Traditionally an industrial, port, and manufacturing zone. It includes Barakaldo, Sestao, Portugalete and Santurtzi; earlier part of a larger merindad of Enkarterri, other than Barakaldo which was part of Uribe
- The right bank: A mainly residential area, including Erandio, Leioa, and the more affluent Getxo; earlier part of Uribe
- The mining zone west of the left bank, where the main iron ore resources were located: Muskiz, Gallarta, Ortuella; earlier part of Enkarterri
- Txoriherri, wide expansion zone north of Bilbao / east of the right bank, where the international airport and the University of the Basque Country are located; earlier part of Uribe
- Hego Uribe, south-east of Bilbao including Basauri, Galdakao and Arrigorriaga; earlier part of Uribe
- Uribe-Kosta: the coastal area north of Getxo is being integrated into the metropolitan area in the recent years, with the development of low density residential areas connected by the metro; earlier part of Uribe, most of the municipalities in this zone belong to the Mungialdea comarca
Municipalities[edit]
Greater Bilbao is divided into 25 municipalities, being Bilbao the capital city. The 25 municipalities, among with some others, make the Metropolitan Area of Bilbao.
# | Municipality | Population 2018[1] |
Area in km2 |
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Abanto Zierbena | 9,545 | 18 | |
Alonsotegi | 2,903 | 16 | |
Arrigorriaga | 12,230 | 22.8 | |
Barakaldo | 100,435 | 24.3 | |
Basauri | 40,762 | 7.2 | |
Bilbao | 345,821 | 41.2 | |
Derio | 6,545 | 7.4 | |
Zierbena | 1,492 | 9.1 | |
Etxebarri | 11,304 | 3.3 | |
Erandio | 24,222 | 18.0 | |
Galdakao | 29,288 | 31.7 | |
Getxo | 78,276 | 11.9 | |
Larrabetzu | 2,029 | 21.5 | |
Leioa | 31,495 | 8.5 | |
Lezama | 2,429 | 16.5 | |
Laudio | 18,205 | 37.45 | |
Loiu | 2,416 | 15.3 | |
Muskiz | 7,567 | 21.5 | |
Ortuella | 8,360 | 7.7 | |
Portugalete (Portugaldeta) | 45,826 | 3.2 | |
Santurtzi | 45,795 | 6.7 | |
Sestao (Ziztao) | 27,445 | 3.5 | |
Sondika | 4,495 | 6.3 | |
Trapagaran | 11,953 | 13.1 | |
Zamudio | 3,236 | 18.1 | |
Zaratamo | 1,515 | 10.0 |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ official estimate from Instituto Nacional de Estadistica, Madrid.
External links[edit]
- Media related to Bilboaldea at Wikimedia Commons
- Comarca del Gran Bilbao (Biscay Government).
- Comarca del Gran Bilbao
- Bilbao Ría 2000.
- Bilbao Metrópoli-30.