Busturialdea, also named Busturialde - Urdaibai is a comarca of the province of Biscay, in the Basque Country, Spain. It is the heir of "Busturia", one of the original merindades that used to compose the province of Biscay – this should not be confused with Busturia, a municipality located in this region. Busturialdea is a diminished portion of the same original subregion and has two capital cities; Bermeo and Gernika-Lumo. It is one of the seven comarcas that compose the province of Biscay.
Historical Busturialdea (red) in the context of formation of Biscay (orange)
Busturia used to be one of the merindades of Biscay and included a larger territory than the current one of Busturialdea, as it reached the province of Gipuzkoa.
Busturialdea was historically the core of Biscay: the capitals of the province, Bermeo and Gernika, were located in it; the village of Mundaka, also belonging to this region, had the privilege of speaking always first in the sessions of its parliament and for some time, the harbour of Bermeo was the main portuary facility, until Bilbao was founded in 1300.
Busturialdea and its lush estuary was also important in prehistory. Particularly significant is its site of Santimamiñe cave, that yielded a full sequence of human habitation from Neanderthals to the Iron Age, and beautiful Magdalenian cave paintings.
busturialdea, also, named, busturialde, urdaibai, comarca, province, biscay, basque, country, spain, heir, busturia, original, merindades, that, used, compose, province, biscay, this, should, confused, with, busturia, municipality, located, this, region, dimin. Busturialdea also named Busturialde Urdaibai is a comarca of the province of Biscay in the Basque Country Spain It is the heir of Busturia one of the original merindades that used to compose the province of Biscay this should not be confused with Busturia a municipality located in this region Busturialdea is a diminished portion of the same original subregion and has two capital cities Bermeo and Gernika Lumo It is one of the seven comarcas that compose the province of Biscay Busturialde UrdaibaiEskualdea ComarcaCountrySpainAutonomous communityBasque CountryProvinceBiscayCapitalsBermeo and GernikaMunicipalitiesList Bermeo Mundaka Sukarrieta Busturia Murueta Forua Gernika Errigoiti Morga Ajangiz Mendata Arratzu Muxika Nabarniz Kortezubi Gautegiz Arteaga Ibarrangelu Elantxobe Ereno EaArea Total220 km2 80 sq mi Population Total46 000Time zoneUTC 1 CET Summer DST UTC 2 CEST Largest municipalityBermeo 17 144 Contents 1 History 2 Geography 3 Municipalities 4 References 5 External linksHistory edit nbsp Historical Busturialdea red in the context of formation of Biscay orange Busturia used to be one of the merindades of Biscay and included a larger territory than the current one of Busturialdea as it reached the province of Gipuzkoa Busturialdea was historically the core of Biscay the capitals of the province Bermeo and Gernika were located in it the village of Mundaka also belonging to this region had the privilege of speaking always first in the sessions of its parliament and for some time the harbour of Bermeo was the main portuary facility until Bilbao was founded in 1300 Busturialdea and its lush estuary was also important in prehistory Particularly significant is its site of Santimamine cave that yielded a full sequence of human habitation from Neanderthals to the Iron Age and beautiful Magdalenian cave paintings Geography editBusturialdea is located at the north of the province of Biscay limiting with the comarcas of Lea Artibai on the east Uribe and Greater Bilbao on the west and Durangaldea on the south The Bay of Biscay limits at north The comarca is located along the Urdaibai estuary which has been named Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO in 1984 1 2 Municipalities edit nbsp San Juan de Gaztelugatxe Bermeo nbsp Urdaibai nbsp San Antonio beach SukarrietaMunicipality Population Territory km2 nbsp Ajangiz 457 7 35 nbsp Arratzu 388 10 34 nbsp Bermeo 17 144 34 12 nbsp Busturia 1 637 19 63 nbsp Kortezubi 423 11 91 nbsp Ea 886 14 17 nbsp Elantxobe 402 1 85 nbsp Ereno 278 10 67 nbsp Errigoiti 537 16 42 nbsp Forua 969 7 94 nbsp Gautegiz Arteaga 910 13 57 nbsp Gernika Lumo 16 812 8 47 nbsp Ibarrangelu 641 15 56 nbsp Mendata 378 22 39 nbsp Morga 406 17 6 nbsp Muxika 1 468 50 02 nbsp Mundaka 1 940 4 15 nbsp Murueta 302 5 45 nbsp Nabarniz 227 11 75 nbsp Sukarrieta 357 2 3References edit Bizkaia maitea Urdaibai Archived 2009 03 10 at the Wayback Machine Bizkaiko Foru Aldundia Diputacion Foral de Bizkaia Actividades en la Reserva de la Biosfera de Urdaibai Archived 2007 02 18 at the Wayback Machine UNESO Center of the Basque Country External links edit nbsp Media related to Busturialdea at Wikimedia Commons 43 20 52 N 2 41 33 W 43 34778 N 2 69250 W 43 34778 2 69250 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Busturialdea amp oldid 1163017363, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
