Otxarkoaga-Txurdinaga is the third district of the city of

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Biscay Biscay (; eu, Bizkaia ; es, Vizcaya ) is a province of Spain and a historical territory of the Basque Country, heir of the ancient Lordship of Biscay, lying on the south shore of the eponymous bay. The capital and largest city is Bilbao. B ...

), in the

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Basque Country. It is divided into the neighbourhoods of Otxarkoaga and Txurdinaga. It has an area of 389.94

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and a population of 26,458 inhabitants (2016), being one of the least densely populated districts of the city.

History

These two neighbourhoods were historically part of the old parish of

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. In these areas existed

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for the elaboration of the traditional

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, this has given the inhabitants the nickname of ''Matxorris'', from Basque language ''Mahats''=grape and ''orri''=plant. The Basque Football Federation has its offices in the area, on Julian Gaiarre Etorbidea.

Transport

The

Bilbobus Bilbobus is the name for metropolitan bus services in Bilbao. The service is owned by the city council of Bilbao. Operations will be transferred to Veolia Transport, the company that won the contract in May 2008. The buses can be distinguished by ...

and

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bus lines have stops in the district. In 2017, line 3 of the

Bilbao metro The Bilbao metro ( es, Metro de Bilbao, eu, Bilboko metroa) is a rapid transit system serving the city of Bilbao and the region of Greater Bilbao. Lines 1 and 2 have a "Y" shape, as they transit both banks of the river Ibaizabal and then combi ...

opened, with the Otxarkoaga and Txurdinaga stations in the district.

Sights

References

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