|
Location:
Europe,
Spain, Bilbao
Category:
City / Traffic
Description:
View of main roads in
central Bilbao, showing traffic
conditions
Location Information:
Bilbao
(Basque: Bilbo) is the largest city
in the Basque Country and the
capital of the province of Biscay,
Spain. The city has 353,168
inhabitants (2007) and is the most
financially and industrially active
part of Greater Bilbao, the zone in
which almost half of the Basque
Country’s population lives. Greater
Bilbao’s 953,152 inhabitants are
spread along the length of the
Nervión River, whose banks are home
also to numerous businesses and
factories, which during the
industrial revolution brought
heightened prosperity to the region.
A major seaport and industrial
centre, the city is located on the
Estuary of Bilbao, the city's
suburbs extending to the Bay of
Biscay. The population of the city
of Bilbao proper was 353,168 in
2007. The population of the urban
area of Greater Bilbao ( the
conurbation) was 953,152 as of 2007
estimates. Population of the
metropolitan area (urban area plus
satellite towns) was 950,155 as of
2007 estimates, ranking as the
fifth-largest metropolitan area of
Spain. As of 2008[, the mayor of
Bilbao is Iñaki Azkuna.
Local
Weather:
|
