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Markina-Xemein
Sign in to saveMarkina-Xemein is a town and municipality located in the province of Biscay, Bizkaia, in the Basque Autonomous Community, also known as the Basque Country, located in northern Spain. The origin of the town's name lies in its geographic location. The last town in the province of Bizkaia, Markina-Xemein lies between Gipuzkoa and Bizkaia. Coming from the Spanish word "marca" meaning "mark", Markina-Xemein marks the location where the Gipuzkoanos (the people of Guipuzcoa province) often battled the Bizkainos (the people of Biscay province).
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The entry is geolocated on the map in city, across 2 mapped points.
Vinony files it under Lea-Artibai and Municipalities in Biscay.
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Key facts
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- Markina-Xemein
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- Municipality
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- Markina-Xemein
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- Markina, Palacio de Solartecua.JPG
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- Town hall
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- Muy Noble y Muy Leal Villa Markina-Xemein(The very noble and loyal village of Markina-Xemein)
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- Location of Markina-Xemein in Bizkaia.
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- Spain Basque Country#Spain
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- Location of Markina-Xemein within the Basque Country##Location of Markina-Xemein within Spain
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- Country
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- Autonomous community
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- Province
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- Biscay
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- Comarca
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- Lea-Artibai
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- 85
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Spain
- Official name
- Markina-Xemein
- Demonym
- xemeindar
- Country
- Spain
- Located in
- Lea-Artibai
- Continent
- Europe
- Official language
- Basque
- Population
- 1716
- Area
- 45.22
- Elevation
- 85
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Capital of
- Lea-Artibai
- Shares border with
- Mutriku
- Official website
- www.markina-xemein.com
- Image
- Markina, Palacio de Solartecua.JPG
- Licence plate code
- BI
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- twinned administrative body
- Meharrize
- Commons category
- Markina-Xemein
- postal code
- 48270
- topic's main category
- Category:Markina-Xemein
- inception
- 1952-00-00
- female population
- 2464
- male population
- 2542
- P8168
- Madura
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Geography
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- Notable people
- See also
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Markina-Xemein is a town and municipality located in the province of Biscay, Bizkaia, in the Basque Autonomous Community, also known as the Basque Country, located in northern Spain. The origin of the town's name lies in its geographic location. The last town in the province of Bizkaia, Markina-Xemein lies between Gipuzkoa and Bizkaia. Coming from the Spanish word "marca" meaning "mark", Markina-Xemein marks the location where the Gipuzkoanos (the people of Guipuzcoa province) often battled the Bizkainos (the people of Biscay province).
The local economy is mostly based on the primary and secondary sectors, with particular relevance for agriculture and cattle herding, timber research and metal industry. The metal industry has in fact played an important role in the past, through the development of important weapons in the defense industry. Extraction of black marble, known as Nero Marquina (Marmol Negro), also plays an important role in the local economy. The high quality of the stone has gained international recognition; it is one of the most important marbles from Spain.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Markina-Xemein” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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