Sestao
Encyclopedia
Sestao is a town and municipality
of 30,000 inhabitants located in the province of Biscay
, in the autonomous community of Basque Country
, northern Spain
. It is in the left bank
of the Estuary of Bilbao
and part of Bilbao
's metropolitan area
.
Sestao was the place of the most important steel
industry of Biscay, Altos Hornos de Vizcaya
.
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
of 30,000 inhabitants located in the province of Biscay
Biscay
Biscay is a province of Spain and a historical territory of the Basque Country, heir of the ancient Lord of Biscay. Its capital city is Bilbao...
, in the autonomous community of Basque Country
Basque Country (autonomous community)
The Basque Country is an autonomous community of northern Spain. It includes the Basque provinces of Álava, Biscay and Gipuzkoa, also called Historical Territories....
, northern Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
. It is in the left bank
Left Bank (Biscay)
The left bank of the Estuary of Bilbao is a part of the Greater Bilbao region, its main towns are Barakaldo, Sestao, Santurtzi and Portugalete and in addition to the iron mines , was the heart of the intense industrialisation of Biscay...
of the Estuary of Bilbao
Estuary of Bilbao
The Estuary of Bilbao lies at the common mouth of the rivers Nervion, Ibaizabal and Cadagua, that drain most of Biscay and part of Alava in the Basque Country, Spain. It is a large estuary long that extends from Bilbao to the Bilbao Abra bay, a widening that makes the final transition between...
and part of Bilbao
Bilbao
Bilbao ) is a Spanish municipality, capital of the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country. With a population of 353,187 , it is the largest city of its autonomous community and the tenth largest in Spain...
's metropolitan area
Gran Bilbao
Greater Bilbao is an administrative division of the province of Biscay, in the Basque Country, Spain. It is one of the seven comarcas of Biscay and the most populated one...
.
Sestao was the place of the most important steel
Steel
Steel is an alloy that consists mostly of iron and has a carbon content between 0.2% and 2.1% by weight, depending on the grade. Carbon is the most common alloying material for iron, but various other alloying elements are used, such as manganese, chromium, vanadium, and tungsten...
industry of Biscay, Altos Hornos de Vizcaya
Altos Hornos de Vizcaya
Altos Hornos de Vizcaya was a ironworks business that began in 1902 in Bilbao with the merger of three iron and steel businesses: Altos Hornos de Bilbao, La Vizcaya, and La Iberia...
.
Neighborhoods
Sestao is administratively divided into 13 neighborhoods or wards:- Kasko
- Kueto
- Galindo
- Albiz
- Urbinaga
- Rebonza
- Azeta
- Simondrogas
- Txabarri
- Markonzaga
- Aizpuru
- Los Baños
- Las Llanas
Demography
| Population of Sestao | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Population | |
| 1800 | 340 | |
| 1850 | 346 | |
| 1877 | 4,347 | |
| 1885 | 4,729 | |
| 1890 | 6,851 | |
| 1900 | 10,833 | |
| 1910 | 11,820 | |
| 1920 | 15,579 | |
| 1930 | 18,335 | |
| 1940 | 18,625 | |
| 1950 | 19,969 | |
| 1960 | 24,992 | |
| 1970 | 37,312 | |
| 1981 | 39,933 | |
| 1991 | 35,537 | |
| 2001 | 32,533 | |
| 2005 | 30,350 | |