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 | |
Eik-name(s): el botxo | |
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 | |
• Municipality | 345,821 |
• Density | 8,500/km2 (22,000/sq mi) |
• Metro | 1,037,847 |
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 (pronounced /bɪlˈbaʊ/ (deprecatit template); 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, 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, makin it the fift maist populatit conurbation in the kintra.
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).
Bilbao is twinned wi:
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