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Rank Name Population (2018) [1] 1 Bilbao: 345,821 2 Vitoria-Gasteiz: 249,176 3 San Sebastián: 186,665 4 Barakaldo: 100,435 5 Getxo: 78,276 6 Irun: 61,983 7 Portugalete
Geographic limits of the map: * N: 43.533029° N * S: 42.421667° N * W: 3.509299° W * E: 1.660014° W Español: Mapa de localización de la comunidad autónoma del País Vasco (España) Proyección equirrectangular, N/S estirada 130 %.
Basque explorers arrived in what is now California in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. [1] There is a significant presence of Basque-Americans in the Bakersfield area. Many of Bakersfield's oldest and most historic restaurants are Basque , [ 2 ] including Woolgrowers, Noriega's, Pyrenees, Benji's, and Narducci's.
The Bilbao Ria 2000 corporation was founded in 1992 by the Bilbao and Barakaldo municipalities, the Greater Bilbao metropolitan area, and the Basque and Spanish Governments. The corporation's aim was to regenerate the city-planning of Bilbao and its surroundings, which were heavily punished by intense industrial contamination and decay.
Basques and whaling have an intimate history; the first accounts of Basque whaling dates back to the 670s when the Basques of Labourd sold 40 jars of whale oil.Basques came to hunt whales especially, in the Bay of Biscay in the 16th century, using techniques learned from the Vikings and Normans who plundered the Basque country, formerly named Vasconia in 844.
"Basque (Country) [Vasco (País)], Euscalerria or Euskalerria: Region of south-western Europe, an area inhabited especially by the 'Basques': they keep unity with regards to race and language, in spite of one sector belonging to Spain (see Spanish Basque Country [País Vasco-Español]) and the other to France (see French Basque Country [País ...
The municipality—which comprises not only the city but also the mainly agricultural lands of 63 villages around—is the largest in the Basque Country, with a total area of 276.81 square kilometres (106.88 sq mi), and it has a population of 253,093 (January 2021).
It has a population of approximately 10,500 and lies in a valley in the center of the Basque country. It lies about 40 kilometres (25 miles) south of the Bay of Biscay and is about 236 metres (774 feet) above sea level. The name is Basque and translates roughly as "place of many hills", reflecting the landscape of the area.