Greater Bilbao

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Greater Bilbao

Bilboaldea
Kintra Spain
Autonomous commontyBasque Kintra
ProvinceBiscay
CaipitalBilbao
Area
 • Total361.3 km2 (139.5 sq mi)

Greater Bilbao (Basque: Bilboaldea, Spaingie: Gran Bilbao) is a admeenistrative diveesion o the province o Biscay, in the Basque Kintra, Spain. It is ane o the seiven comarcas o Biscay an the maist populatit ane. The caipital ceety o Greater Bilbao is Bilbao.

Greater Bilbao is made bi the municipalities situatit alang the Estuar o Bilbao which thairsels shape a conurbation, which metropolitan aurie is the fift maist populous in Spain.

Geografie[eedit | eedit soorce]

Greater Bilbao (in blue) athin Biscay.

Greater Bilbao, or Bilboaldea, is locatit at the northwast o the province o Biscay, limitin wi the comarcas o Enkarterri in the wast, Mungialdea an Busturialdea in the east, Durangaldea in the sootheast an Arratia-Nerbioi in the sooth. The Bay o Biscay limits at north.

Diveesions[eedit | eedit soorce]

Greater Bilbao can be dividit intae sax subcomarcas or subregions:

  • The ceety o Bilbao.
  • The left bank: Tradeetionally a industrial, port, an manufacturin zone. It includes Barakaldo, Sestao, Portugalete an Santurtzi.
  • The richt bank: A residential aurie, including Erandio, Leioa, an the mair affluent Getxo,.
  • The minin zone, whaur the main airn ore resources wur locatit: Muskiz, Gallarta, Ortuella
  • Txoriherri, wide expansion zone whaur the internaitional airport an the Varsity o the Basque Kintra are locatit.
  • Hego Uribe, includin Basauri, Galdakao an Arrigorriaga.
  • Uribe-Kosta: the coastal aurie north o Getxo is bein integratit intae the metropolitan aurie in the recent years, wi the development o law density residential auries connectit bi the metro.

Municipalities[eedit | eedit soorce]

Sheep, field an fermhoose in Leioa, an biggins o Santurtzi on the backgrund.

Greater Bilbao is dividit intae 25 municipalities, bein Bilbao the caipital ceety. The 25 municipalities, amang some ithers, mak the Bilbao metropolitan aurie.

# Municipality Population Territory km²
Abanto Zierbena 9.647 18
Alonsotegi 2.835 16
Arrigorriaga 12.435 22,8
Barakaldo 100.502 24,3
Basauri 42.657 7,2
Bilbao 354.860 41,2
Derio 5.307 7,4
Zierbena 1.382 9,1
Etxebarri 9.171 3,3
Erandio 24.262 18
Galdakao 29.226 31,7
Getxo 80.770 11,9
Larrabetzu 1.874 21,5
Leioa 30.079 8,5
Lezama 2.465 16,5
Loiu 2.290 15,3
Muskiz 7.216 21,5
Ortuella 8.520 7,7
Portugalete 48.105 3,2
Santurtzi 46.978 6,7
Sestao 29.476 3,5
Sondika 4.536 6,3
Trapagaran 12.353 13,1
Zamudio 3.203 18,1
Zaratamo 1.735 10

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