Sestao
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Sestao | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| — Municipality — | |||
 |
|||
|
|||
 |
|||
 Sestao
|
|||
| Coordinates: 43°18′39″N 3°0′20″W / 43.31083°N 3.00556°WCoordinates: 43°18′39″N 3°0′20″W / 43.31083°N 3.00556°W | |||
| Country |  Spain |
||
| Autonomous community |  País Vasco |
||
| Province | Biscay | ||
| Comarca | Greater Bilbao | ||
| Segregatted | 1805 | ||
| Government | |||
| • Alcalde | José Luis Marcos Merino (PSE-EE) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 3.49 km2 (1.3 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 6,762 m (22,185 ft) | ||
| Population (2009) | |||
| • Total | 29,476 | ||
| • Density | 8,445.8/km2 (21,874.6/sq mi) | ||
| Demonym | sestaotarra[1] | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Postal code | 48910 | ||
| Official language(s) | Basque | ||
| Website | Official website | ||
 |
This article may be expanded with text translated from the corresponding article in the Basque Wikipedia. (July 2010) Click [show] on the right for instructions.
|
Sestao is a town and municipality of 30,000 inhabitants located in the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of Basque Country, northern Spain. It is in the left bank of the Estuary of Bilbao and part of Bilbao's metropolitan area[2].
Sestao was the place of the most important steel industry of Biscay, Altos Hornos de Vizcaya.
[edit] Neighborhoods
Sestao is administratively divided into 13 neighborhoods or wards:
- Kasko
- Kueto
- Galindo
- Albiz
- Urbinaga
- Rebonza
- Azeta
- Simondrogas
- Txabarri
- Markonzaga
- Aizpuru
- Los Baños
- Las Llanas
[edit] Demography
| Population of Sestao | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Population | |
|
|
||
| 1800 | 340 | |
| 1850 | 346 | |
| 1877 | 4,347 | |
| 1885 | 4,729 | |
| 1890 | 6,851 | |
| 1900 | 10,833 | |
| 1910 | 11,820 | |
| 1920 | 15,579 | |
| 1930 | 18,335 | |
| 1940 | 18,625 | |
| 1950 | 19,969 | |
| 1960 | 24,992 | |
| 1970 | 37,312 | |
| 1981 | 39,933 | |
| 1991 | 35,537 | |
| 2001 | 32,533 | |
| 2005 | 30,350 | |
[edit] References
- ^ Euskaltzaindia. "Euskal Onomastikaren Datutegia (EODA): Sestao" (in basque). Euskaltzaindia. http://www.euskaltzaindia.net/index.php?option=com_eoda&Itemid=206&lang=eu&nonkodea=2.4.02.07&view=toponimia. Retrieved 3 July 2010.
- ^ Ainhoa Arozamena Ayala. "Auñamendi Encyclopedia: Sestao" (in spanish). Eusko Ikaskuntza. http://www.euskomedia.org/aunamendi/105732. Retrieved 3 July 2010.
 |
Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Sestao |
 |
This article about a location in the Basque Country, Spain, is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
