Busturialdea
Busturialde - Urdaibai | |
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| Kintra |  Spain |
| Autonomous commonty | Basque Kintra |
| Province | Biscay |
| Caipitals | Bermeo an Guernica |
| Municipalities | |
| Area | |
| • Total | 220 km2 (80 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 46.000 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Lairgest municipality | Bermeo (17.144) |
Busturialdea, namit Busturialde - Urdaibai an aw is a comarca o the province o Biscay, in the Basque Kintra, Spain. It is the heir o "Busturia", ane o the oreeginal merindades that uised tae compone the province o Biscay, which shoud no be ramfeeselt wi Busturia, which is a municipality locatit in this region. Busturialdea is a diminished portion o the same oreeginal subregion an haes twa caipital ceeties; Bermeo an Gernika-Lumo. It is ane o the seiven comarcas that compone the province o Biscay.
History[eedit | eedit soorce]
Busturia uised tae be ane o the merindades o Biscay an includit a lairger territory than the current ane o Busturialdea, as it reached the province o Gipuzkoa.
Busturialdea wis historically the core o Biscay: the caipitals o the province, Bermeo an Guernica, wur locatit in it; the veelage o Mundaka, belangin tae this region an aw, haed the privilege o speakin aye first in the sessions o its pairlament an for some time, the harbour o Bermeo wis the main portuar facility, tikl Bilbao wis foondit in 1300.
Busturialdea an its lush estuar wi important in prehistory an aw. Pairticularly significative is its steid o Santimamiñe cave, that yieldit a full sequence o human habitation frae Neanderthals tae the Airn Age, an bonnie Magdalenian cave pentins.
Geografie[eedit | eedit soorce]
Busturialdea is locatit at the north o the province o Biscay, limitin wi the comarcas o Lea-Artibai on the east, Uribe an Greater Bilbao on the wast an Durangaldea on the sooth. The Bay o Biscay leemits at north.
The comarca is locatit alang the Urdaibai estuar, which haes been namit Biosphere Reserve bi UNESCO in 1984[1][2]
Municipalities[eedit | eedit soorce]
| Municipality | Population | Territory km² | |
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Ajangiz | 457 | 7,35 |
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Arratzu | 388 | 10,34 |
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Bermeo | 17.144 | 34,12 |
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Busturia | 1.745 | 19,63 |
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Kortezubi | 423 | 11,91 |
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Ea | 886 | 14,17 |
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Elantxobe | 402 | 1,85 |
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Ereño | 278 | 10,67 |
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Errigoiti | 537 | 16,42 |
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Forua | 969 | 7,94 |
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Gautegiz Arteaga | 910 | 13,57 |
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Gernika-Lumo | 16.812 | 8,47 |
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Ibarrangelu | 641 | 15,56 |
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Mendata | 378 | 22,39 |
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Morga | 406 | 17,6 |
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Muxika | 1.468 | 50,02 |
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Mundaka | 1.940 | 4,15 |
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Murueta | 302 | 5,45 |
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Nabarniz | 227 | 11,75 |
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Sukarrieta | 357 | 2,3 |
Photo Gallery[eedit | eedit soorce]
San Pedro Atxarre
Madariaga Touer, Busturia
Childer camp, Sukarrieta
Toña beach, Sukarrieta
Izaro isle
Laida beach, Ibarrangelu
Ogoño cape
San Juan de Gaztelugatxe an Akats isle, Bermeo
San Juan de Gaztelugatxe, Bermeo
Port o Bermeo
Tree o Gernika
Meetin hoose o Biscay, Gernika
Europe Pairk, Gernika
Santimamiñe cave, Kortezubi
Oma firth, Kortezubi
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References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ Bizkaia maitea. Urdaibai Bizkaiko Foru Aldundia - Diputación Foral de Bizkaia
- ↑ Actividades en la Reserva de la Biosfera de Urdaibai UNESO Center of the Basque Country.
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