Abanto y Ciérbana-Abanto Zierbena

Abanto y Ciérvana / Abanto-Zierbena
—  Municipality  —
Gallarta, municipality's main ward

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Location of Abanto-Zierbena in Biscay.
Abanto y Ciérvana / Abanto-Zierbena
Location in Spain
Coordinates:
Country  Spain
Autonomous community  País Vasco
Province Biscay
Comarca Greater Bilbao
Government
 • Alcalde Manuel Tejada Lanbarri (EAJ-PNV)
Area
 • Total 18.03 km2 (7 sq mi)
Elevation 128 m (420 ft)
Highest elevation 540 m (1,772 ft)
Lowest elevation 8 m (26 ft)
Population (2009)
 • Total 9,647
 • Density 535.1/km2 (1,385.8/sq mi)
Demonym abantarra
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 48500 & 48540
Official language(s) Basque
Website Official website
Don't confuse it with Abanto in Aragón.

Abanto y Ciérbana-Abanto Zierbena is a municipality located in the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of Basque Country, in the North of Spain[1].

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Neighborhoods

Abanto was originally divided into different concejos, Susoko Abanto or Abanto de Suso and Yusoko Abanto or Abanto de Yuso, nowadays administratively divided into neighborhoods or wards[2]:

Demography

Population of Abanto-Zierbena
1857 1860 1877 1887 1897 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1981 1991
1,172 1,227 2,075 5,715 7,685 8,337 9,053 9,679 9,870 9,576 9,419 11,340 10,121 9,490 9,351

In 1996, Zierbena was segregated, then:

Population of Abanto-Zierbena
2000 2002 2004 2006 2007
8,989 9,111 9,315 9,608 9,609

References

  1. ^ Idoia Estornés Zubizarreta & Manu Castaño García. "Auñamendi Encyclopedia: Abanto y Ciérvana / Abanto-Zierbena" (in spanish). Eusko Ikaskuntza. http://www.euskomedia.org/aunamendi/22863. Retrieved 3 July 2010. 
  2. ^ Euskaltzaindia. "Euskal Onomastikaren Datutegia (EODA): Abanto" (in basque). Euskaltzaindia. http://www.euskaltzaindia.net/index.php?option=com_eoda&Itemid=206&lang=eu&nonkodea=2.4.02.01&view=toponimia. Retrieved 3 July 2010. 

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