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Bilbao

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Bilbao is a city in northern Spain, the largest city in the province of Biscay and in the autonomous community of the Basque Country, with a population of roughly 347,000 in 2024, making it the eleventh most populous city in Spain. Once dominated by heavy industry and shipbuilding along the Nervion estuary, Bilbao reinvented itself in the 1990s around culture and design, most famously with the Frank Gehry-designed Guggenheim Museum Bilbao.

Facts
Population
347,342 1
Area (sq km)
41.5 1
Founding Year
1300 1
Population Estimate Year
2024 1
Elevation (m)
19 1
Latitude
43.256944 degrees north 1
Longitude
2.923611 degrees west 1
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Spain, Countries
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1. Bilbao (Wikipedia)
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  • Lead section, first paragraph
    With a population of 347,342 as of 2024, it is the 11th most populous city in Spain, and the most populous in northern Spain.
  • Infobox, Municipality area row
    41.50 km2 (16.02 sq mi)
  • Infobox, Founded row
    15 June 1300
  • Infobox, Elevation row
    19 m (62 ft)
  • MediaWiki API prop=coordinates (decimal degrees resolved from the infobox Coord template)
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