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Abadiño

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Abadiño (; ) is a town located in the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of Basque Country, in the north of Spain, about 35 km from the provincial capital of Bilbao. The area of the municipality is about and according to the 2014 census, the population is 7504. The original name of the town was Abadiano Celayeta.

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Abadiño
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Municipality
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Abadiano
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Abadiño town hall
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Abadiño town hall
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Spain Basque Country#Spain
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Location of Abadiño within the Basque Country
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Biscay
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Durangaldea
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144
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36.06

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Abadiño (; ) is a town located in the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of Basque Country, in the north of Spain, about 35 km from the provincial capital of Bilbao. The area of the municipality is about and according to the 2014 census, the population is 7504. The original name of the town was Abadiano Celayeta.

==Geography== thumb|left|Urkiola Natural Park viewed from Abadiño Abadiño is located on the N-636 road a few kilometres to the southeast of Durango in the province of Biscay in northern Spain. The town is in a broad valley formed by the Ibaizabal and Urkiola Rivers. Livestock farming is practised here on the flat valley floor, and to the south the land rises to form the Urkiola mountain range. The lower slopes are clad in natural woodland of oak, beech and pine, and the higher parts consist of limestone peaks with gullies, cliffs and caves and are included in the Urkiola Natural Park.

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