Busturialdea

Busturialdea, namit Busturialde - Urdaibai an aw is a comarca o the province o Biscay, in the Basque Kintra, Spain. It is the heir o "Busturia", ane o the oreeginal merindades that uised tae compone the province o Biscay, which shoud no be ramfeeselt wi Busturia, which is a municipality locatit in this region. Busturialdea is a diminished portion o the same oreeginal subregion an haes twa caipital ceeties; Bermeo an Gernika-Lumo. It is ane o the seiven comarcas that compone the province o Biscay. History Busturia uised tae be ane o the merindades o Biscay an includit a lairger territory than the current ane o Busturialdea, as it reached the province o Gipuzkoa. Busturialdea wis historically the core o Biscay: the caipitals o the province, Bermeo an Guernica, wur locatit in it; the veelage o Mundaka, belangin tae this region an aw, haed the privilege o speakin aye first in the sessions o its pairlament an for some time, the harbour o Bermeo wis the main portuar facility, tikl Bilbao wis foondit in 1300. Busturialdea an its lush estuar wi important in prehistory an aw. Pairticularly significative is its steid o Santimamiñe cave, that yieldit a full sequence o human habitation frae Neanderthals tae the Airn Age, an bonnie Magdalenian cave pentins. Geografie Busturialdea is locatit at the north o the province o Biscay, limitin wi the comarcas o Lea-Artibai on the east, Uribe an Greater Bilbao on the wast an Durangaldea on the sooth. The Bay o Biscay leemits at north. The comarca is locatit alang the Urdaibai estuar, which haes been namit Biosphere Reserve bi UNESCO in 1984 Municipalities Photo Gallery References