Busturialdea
Busturialde - Urdaibai | |
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Gernika | |
Municipalities | List
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Area | |
• Total | 220 km2 (80 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 46.000 |
UTC+2 (CEST) | |
Largest municipality | Bermeo (17.144) |
Busturialdea, also named Busturialde - Urdaibai is a
History
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Busturia used to be one of the merindades of Biscay and included a larger territory than the current one of Busturialdea, as it reached the province of Gipuzkoa.
Busturialdea was historically the core of Biscay: the capitals of the province,
Busturialdea and its lush estuary was also important in prehistory. Particularly significant is its site of Santimamiñe cave, that yielded a full sequence of human habitation from Neanderthals to the Iron Age, and beautiful Magdalenian cave paintings.
Geography
Busturialdea is located at the north of the province of Biscay, limiting with the comarcas of Lea-Artibai on the east, Uribe and Greater Bilbao on the west and Durangaldea on the south. The Bay of Biscay limits at north.
The comarca is located along the
Municipalities
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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 | 1,637 | 19.63 |
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Kortezubi | 423 | 11.91 |
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Ea
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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
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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 |
References
- ^ Bizkaia maitea. Urdaibai Archived 2009-03-10 at the Wayback Machine Bizkaiko Foru Aldundia - Diputación Foral de Bizkaia
- ^ Actividades en la Reserva de la Biosfera de Urdaibai Archived 2007-02-18 at the Wayback Machine UNESO Center of the Basque Country.
External links
Media related to Busturialdea at Wikimedia Commons