Bilbao
Bilbao Bilbo (in Basque) Bilbao (in Spaingie) | |||
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 Clockwise frae top: Panorama frae mount Artxanda, Kirk o San Antón, Bilbao Guggenheim Museum, Fosterito, an Euskalduna Palace | |||
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| Nickname(s): el botxo | |||
  Bilbao Location of Bilbao within the Basque Autonomous Community | |||
| Coordinates: 43°15′25″N 2°55′25″W / 43.25694°N 2.92361°WCoordinates: 43°15′25″N 2°55′25″W / 43.25694°N 2.92361°W | |||
| Kintra |  Spain | ||
| Autonomous commonty |  Basque Kintra | ||
| Province | Biscay | ||
| Comarca | Greater Bilbao | ||
| Foondit | 15 Juin 1300 | ||
| Govrenment | |||
| • Teep | Mayor-Cooncil | ||
| • Mayor | Iñaki Azkuna (PNV) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Municipality | 40.65 km2 (15.70 sq mi) | ||
| • Urban | 17.35 km2 (6.70 sq mi) | ||
| • Rural | 23.30 km2 (9.00 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 19 m (62 ft) | ||
| Highest elevation | 689 m (2,260 ft) | ||
| Lawest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) | ||
| Population (2013) | |||
| • Municipality | 367,890 | ||
| • Density | 9,100/km2 (23,000/sq mi) | ||
| • Metro | 950,155 | ||
| Demonym(s) | Basque: Bilbotarra Spaingie: Bilbaíno, Bilbaína | ||
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) | ||
| Postal code | 48001 – 48015 | ||
| Dialin code | +34 94 | ||
| Offeecial leid(s) | Basque, Spaingie | ||
| Wabsteid | Offeecial wabsteid | ||
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Bilbao (pronounced /bɪlˈbaʊ/ (deprecatit template);[1] Basque: Bilbo) is a Spaingie municipality, caipital o the province o Biscay, in the autonomous commonty o the Basque Kintra. Wi a population o 353,187 as o 2010,[2] it is the lairgest ceety o its autonomous commonty an the tent lairgest in Spain. Bilbao lees athin ane o Spain's lairgest metropolitan auries; the comarca o Greater Bilbao haes an estimatit population o 875,552,[3] makin it the fift maist populatit conurbation in the kintra.
Bilbao is situatit in the north-central pairt o Spain, some 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) sooth o the Bay o Biscay, where the estuary o Bilbao is formit. Its main urban core is surroondit bi twa sma muntain ranges wi an average elevation o 400 metres (1,300 ft).[4]
Twin ceeties an consulates[eedit | eedit soorce]
Bilbao is twinned wi:
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References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ "Define Bilbao". reference.com. Retrieved 2010-10-19.
- ↑ "List of place names". National Statistics Institute. Retrieved 2010-10-19.
- ↑ "Population by province and sex". Basque Statistics Office. 2008-12-31. Retrieved 2010-10-19.
- ↑ Quiroga 2001: 17
- ↑ "Tbilisi Municipal Portal - Sister Cities". © 2009 - Tbilisi City Hall. Retrieved 2009-06-16.
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