Ibaiondo is the fifth district of the city of
Bilbao
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Basque Country. ''Ibaiondo'' is a recently used name that means 'beside the river' in
Basque
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. It is divided into the neighbourhoods of
Atxuri,
Bilbo Zarra,
Casco Viejo
or in Spanish or or in Basque are different names for the medieval neighbourhood of Bilbao, part of the Ibaiondo district. The names mean ''Seven Streets'' or ''Old Town'' respectively and it used to be the walled part of the town until the e ...
,
Iturralde,
Abusu, San Adrián,
San Francisco
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, Solokoetxe, Miribilla and
Zabala.
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.
About Miribilla
It is the most extensive district of Bilbao, with an area of 9.65 km² (25% of the municipality) but the urban area
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has an area of only 2.45 km², the rest of the district is part of mount Pagasarri
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. It is also the city's most populated district, with 61,184 inhabitants in 2016.
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About Miribilla
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Districts of Bilbao