Bilbao
Bilbao (pronounced /bɪlˈbaʊ/ (deprecatit template);[3] 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,[4] 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,[5] makin it the fift maist populatit conurbation in the kintra.
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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| Eik-name(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) |
| • Landwart | 23.30 km2 (9.00 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 19 m (62 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 689 m (2,260 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Population (2018)[2] | |
| • Municipality | 345,821 |
| • Density | 8,500/km2 (22,000/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 1,037,847[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 48001 – 48015 |
| Dialin code | +34 94 |
| Offeecial leid(s) | Basque, Spaingie |
| Website | Offeecial wabsteid |
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).[6]
Twin ceeties an consulates eedit
Bilbao is twinned wi:
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References eedit
- ↑ "Population on 1 January by age groups and sex – functional urban areas".
- ↑ . Instituto Nacional de Estadística. Cite has empty unkent parameter:
|1=(help); Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ "Define Bilbao". reference.com. Retrieved 19 October 2010.
- ↑ "List of place names". National Statistics Institute. Archived frae the original on 2 Januar 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2010.
- ↑ "Population by province and sex". Basque Statistics Office. 31 December 2008. Retrieved 19 October 2010.
- ↑ Quiroga 2001: 17
- ↑ "Tbilisi Municipal Portal - Sister Cities". © 2009 - Tbilisi City Hall. Archived frae the original on 24 Julie 2013. Retrieved 16 Juin 2009.
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