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)
Municipality
Clockwise frae top: Panorama frae mount Artxanda, Kirk o San Antón, Bilbao Guggenheim Museum, Fosterito, an Euskalduna Palace
Banner Coat airms
Eik-name(s):  el botxo
Bilbao Location of Bilbao within the Basque Autonomous Community
Coordinates: 43°15′25″N 2°55′25″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)[1]
• Municipality	345,821
• Density	8,500/km2 (22,000/sq mi)
• Metro	1,037,847[2]
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

Bilbao is twinned wi:

Relatit page: Leet o twin touns an sister ceeties in Spain

References

1. . Instituto Nacional de Estadística. Cite has empty unkent parameter: |1= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
2. "Population on 1 January by age groups and sex – functional urban areas".
3. "Define Bilbao". reference.com. Retrieved 19 October 2010.
4. "List of place names". National Statistics Institute. Archived frae the original on 2 Januar 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2010.
5. "Population by province and sex". Basque Statistics Office. 31 December 2008. Retrieved 19 October 2010.
6. Quiroga 2001: 17
7. "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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