Greater Bilbao

Greater Bilbao, or Bilboaldea, is located at the northwest of the province of Biscay, limiting with the comarcas of Enkarterri in the west, Mungialdea and Busturialdea in the east, Durangaldea in the southeast and Arratia-Nerbioi in the south. The Bay of Biscay limits at north.

Greater Bilbao can be divided into six subcomarcas or subregions:

• The city of Bilbao itself, comprising a single municipality but containing eight districts including its oldest part, Bilbao la Vieja; earlier part of the Uribe region (merindad)
• The left bank: Traditionally an industrial, port, and manufacturing zone. It includes Barakaldo, Sestao, Portugalete and Santurtzi; earlier part of a larger merindad of Enkarterri, other than Barakaldo which was part of Uribe
• The right bank: A mainly residential area, including Erandio, Leioa, and the more affluent Getxo; earlier part of Uribe
• The mining zone west of the left bank, where the main iron ore resources were located: Muskiz, Gallarta, Ortuella; earlier part of Enkarterri
• Txoriherri, wide expansion zone north of Bilbao / east of the right bank, where the international airport and the University of the Basque Country are located; earlier part of Uribe
• Hego Uribe, south-east of Bilbao including Basauri, Galdakao and Arrigorriaga; earlier part of Uribe
• Uribe-Kosta: the coastal area north of Getxo increasingly integrated into the metropolitan area in recent years, with development of low density residential areas connected by the metro; earlier part of Uribe, most of the municipalities in this zone belong to the Mungialdea comarca

Greater Bilbao is divided into 25 municipalities, being Bilbao the capital city. The 25 municipalities, among with some others, make the Metropolitan Area of Bilbao.

•   Media related to Bilboaldea at Wikimedia Commons
• Comarca del Gran Bilbao (Biscay Government).
• Comarca del Gran Bilbao
• Bilbao Ría 2000.
• Bilbao Metrópoli-30.