Greater Bilbao ( Basque : Bilboaldea , Spanish : Gran Bilbao ) is an administrative division of the province of Biscay , in the Basque Country , Spain. It is one of the seven comarcas of Biscay and the most populated. The capital city of Greater Bilbao is Bilbao .
4-521: Greater Bilbao is formed by the municipalities situated along the Estuary of Bilbao which themselves form a metropolitan area , the fifth most populous in Spain . Greater Bilbao, or Bilboaldea , is located at the northwest of the province of Biscay , limiting with the comarcas of Enkarterri in the west, Mungialdea and Busturialdea in the east, Durangaldea in the southeast and Arratia-Nerbioi in
8-687: The Bilbao Abra bay. It hosts the port of Bilbao throughout its length, although the Port Authority has recently restored most of the upper reaches to Bilbao and other municipalities for their urban regeneration . The port is now being transferred to the seaboard on the coast at Santurtzi and Zierbena . Downstream from Bilbao the river divides its metropolitan area into its left bank ( Barakaldo , Sestao , Portugalete and Santurtzi ) and right bank ( Erandio , Leioa and Getxo ). The estuary and tidal river of Bilbao have always been
12-579: The common mouth of the rivers Nervion , Ibaizabal and Cadagua , which drain most of Biscay and part of Alava in the Basque Country , Spain . In this instance, the Spanish word estuario is used to describe what in English would normally be called part estuary , part tidal river . The estuary becomes a tidal river which extends 16 km (9.9 mi) into the city of Bilbao , starting from
16-486: The south. The Bay of Biscay limits at north. Greater Bilbao can be divided into six subcomarcas or subregions: Greater Bilbao is divided into 25 municipalities , being Bilbao the capital city. The 25 municipalities, among with some others, make the Metropolitan Area of Bilbao . Estuary of Bilbao The Estuary of Bilbao ( Spanish : RÃa de Bilbao / Basque : Bilboko Itsasadarra ) lies at
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