Sestao
Appearance
Sestao | |
|---|---|
Toun Haw | |
Location o Sestao in Biscay. | |
| Coordinates: 43°18′39″N 3°0′20″W / 43.31083°N 3.00556°WCoordinates: 43°18′39″N 3°0′20″W / 43.31083°N 3.00556°W | |
| Kintra | |
| Autonomous commonty | |
| Province | Biscay |
| Comarca | Greater Bilbao |
| Foondation | 1805 |
| Govrenment | |
| • Alcalde | Josu Bergara (EAJ-PNV) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3.49 km2 (1.35 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 67,62 m (22,185 ft) |
| Population (2009) | |
| • Total | 29,476 |
| • Density | 8,400/km2 (22,000/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | sestaotarra[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 48910 |
| Offeecial leid(s) | Basque |
| Website | Offeecial wabsteid |
Sestao is a toun an municipality o 30,000 inhabitants locatit in the province o Biscay, in the autonomous commonty o Basque Kintra, northren Spain. It is in the left bank o the Estuar o Bilbao an pairt o Bilbao's metropolitan aurie.[2]
Sestao wis the place o the maist important steel industry o Biscay, Altos Hornos de Vizcaya.
Neebourheids
[eedit | eedit soorce]Sestao is admeenistratively dividit intae 13 neebourheids or wairds:
- Kasko
- Kueto (Goitio in basque)
- Galindo (Gariondo in basque)
- Albiz
- Urbinaga
- Rebonza
- Azeta
- Simondrogas (Zumarrondoaga in basque)
- Txabarri (Etxabarri in basque)
- Markonzaga
- Aizpuru
- Los Baños
- Las Llanas
Demografie
[eedit | eedit soorce]| Population o Sestao | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Population | |
| 1800 | 340 | |
| 1850 | 346 | |
| 1877 | 4,347 | |
| 1885 | 4,729 | |
| 1890 | 6,851 | |
| 1900 | 10,833 | |
| 1910 | 11,820 | |
| 1920 | 15,579 | |
| 1930 | 18,335 | |
| 1940 | 18,625 | |
| 1950 | 19,969 | |
| 1960 | 24,992 | |
| 1970 | 37,312 | |
| 1981 | 39,933 | |
| 1991 | 35,537 | |
| 2001 | 32,533 | |
| 2005 | 30,350 | |
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ Euskaltzaindia. "Euskal Onomastikaren Datutegia (EODA): Sestao" (in Basque). Euskaltzaindia. Retrieved 3 Julie 2010.
- ↑ Ainhoa Arozamena Ayala. "Auñamendi Encyclopedia: Sestao" (in spanish). Eusko Ikaskuntza. Retrieved 3 Julie 2010.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
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