Mungialdea , also known as Uribe-Butroe , is a comarca of the province of Biscay , in the Basque Country , Spain . Mungialdea is the heir of the larger historical region of Uribe , which was one of the merindades of Biscay . It comprises the most rural area of the historical region, drained by the Butrón River and with some small municipalities. It is one of the seven comarcas that compose the province of Biscay . Its capital city is Mungia .
4-581: Mungialdea is located at the north of Biscay, bordering with the comarcas of Busturialdea on the east, Greater Bilbao on the east and south and the Bay of Biscay on the north. Its landscape fits with the oceanic climate and can be divided into two subregions: This article about a location in the Basque Country, Spain, is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Busturialdea Busturialdea , also named Busturialde - Urdaibai
8-467: Is a comarca of the province of Biscay , in the Basque Country , Spain . It is the heir of "Busturia", one of the original merindades that used to compose the province of Biscay – this should not be confused with Busturia , a municipality located in this region. Busturialdea is a diminished portion of the same original subregion and has two capital cities; Bermeo and Gernika-Lumo . It
12-424: Is one of the seven comarcas that compose the province of Biscay. 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, Bermeo and Gernika , were located in it; the village of Mundaka , also belonging to this region, had
16-517: The privilege of speaking always first in the sessions of its parliament and for some time, the harbour of Bermeo was the main portuary facility, until Bilbao was founded in 1300. 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. Busturialdea
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