Bilbao - Geography and Demographics [🇪🇸 Top Spanish Cities 2020]
Channel: The Storyteller
Date: 2020-05-15

Bilbao - Geography and Demographics
Bilbao is located near the northern edge of the Iberian Peninsula, about 16 kilometres  from the Bay of Biscay. It covers an area of 40.65 square kilometres , of which 17.35 square kilometres  are urban and the remaining 23.30 square kilometres  consist of the surrounding mountains. The official average altitude is 19 metres , although there are measurements between 6 metres  and 32 metres . It is also the core of the comarca of Greater Bilbao. It is surrounded by the municipalities of Derio, Etxebarri, Galdakao, Loiu, Sondika, and Zamudio to the north; Arrigorriaga and Basauri to the west; Alonsotegi to the south; and Barakaldo and Erandio to the east.


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* Text taken from the English Wikipedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilbao
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