Busturialdea
Sign in to saveBusturialdea, 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.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Busturialde - Urdaibai
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- es
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Eskualdea / Comarca
- Settlement.image_map
- Busturialdea map modern.gif
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Spain
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Autonomous community
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Basque Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Biscay
- Settlement.seat_type
- Capitals
- Settlement.seat
- Bermeo and Guernica
- Settlement.parts_type
- Municipalities
- Settlement.parts_style
- list
- Settlement.p1
- Bermeo, Mundaka, Sukarrieta, Busturia, Murueta, Forua, Guernica, Errigoiti, Morga, Ajangiz, Mendata, Arratzu, Muxika, Nabarniz, Kortezubi, Gautegiz Arteaga, Ibarrangelu, Elantxobe, Ereño, Ea
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 220
- Settlement.population_total
- 46.000
- Settlement.blank_name_sec1
- Largest municipality
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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.
== History == 250px|thumb|left|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.