Ibaiondo

Ibaiondo is the fifth district of the city of Bilbao (Biscay), in the Spanish Basque Country. Ibaiondo is a recently used name that means 'beside the river' in Basque. It is divided into the neighbourhoods of Atxuri, Bilbo Zarra, Casco Viejo, Iturralde, Abusu, San Adrián, San Francisco, Solokoetxe, Miribilla and Zabala.[1]

Ibaiondo
District
Ibaiondo district is highlighted in blue in this map of the districts of Bilbao.
CountrySpain
Autonomous communityBasque Country
ProvinceBiscay
ComarcaGreater Bilbao
MunicipalityBilbao
Area
 • District9.65 km2 (3.73 sq mi)
 • Urban
2.45 km2 (0.95 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)
 • District61,184
 • Density6,300/km2 (16,000/sq mi)

The original walled city, the Casco Viejo, is located in this district, including the oldest buildings of the city like the Santiago Cathedral and Saint Anton Church, both from the 15th century.

Today the modern district includes both the oldest and the newest neighbourhood, Miribilla, which was started in 1999 and completed two years after.[2]

It is the most extensive district of Bilbao, with an area of 9.65 km² (25% of the municipality) but the urban area has an area of only 2.45 km², the rest of the district is part of mount Pagasarri. It is also the city's most populated district, with 61,184 inhabitants in 2016.

Sights
gollark: "You once said 'I'm struggling with this differential calculus problem', what makes you qualified to say anything about maths?!?!?"
gollark: "You are an idiot. Al experts know that 1 + 1 = 3."
gollark: "1 + 1 is 2"
gollark: ++search oops
gollark: ++seach are you sure?

References
  1. Bilbao city map
  2. About Miribilla Archived 2007-10-09 at the Wayback Machine

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