Galdakao is a town and

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the ...

located in the province of

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. ...

, in the autonomous community of Basque Country, northern

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. It is located in the

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, in the valley of the Ibaizabal river, near the Ganguren mountain range. It is surrounded by some summits such as Arrezurriaga (329 m), Txispamendi (221 m) and Santa María (476 m) in the north and Upo (556 m) and Mandoia (640 m) in the south. It is coterminous with Zamudio, Lezama and Larrabetzu in the north, with

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and

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in the south, with

Amorebieta Amorebieta-Etxano, also known as Zornotza ( Spanish, ''Amorebieta-Echano''), is a town and municipality located in Biscay in the Basque Country, an Autonomous Community in northern Spain. At the time of the 2019 census, the population of the mun ...

Lemona Lemoa ( es, Lemona) is a town and municipality located in the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of Basque Country, northern Spain. Sports in Lemoa * SD Lemona (Football) in ''Segunda División B Segunda División B ( en, Second ...

and Bedia in the east and with

Etxebarri Etxebarri, Doneztebeko Elizatea ( es, Etxebarri, Anteiglesia de San Esteban) is a town and municipality located in the province of Biscay, in the Autonomous Basque Community, in the North of Spain. Since 13 January 2005, the name of "Etxebarri ...

and

Basauri Basauri is a major municipality of Biscay, in the Basque Country, an Autonomous Community in northern Spain. The town is a part of the Greater Bilbao conurbation, being only a few kilometers south of Bilbao. It is an industrial town that also i ...

in the west.

Neighbourhoods

* Aperribai * Arteta * Bekea * Bengoetxe * Berezikoetxe * Elexalde * Erletxe * Olabarrieta-Txistulanda * Urreta *

Usansolo Usansolo is a neighbourhood located in the east side of Galdakao (Biscay) in Spain, 2 km away from the town center. With few baserris, its population began rising after the railway station was built in the 19th century, when flats started bei ...

* Tximelarre Bekoa * Tximelarre Goikoa * Muguru * Zabalea

References

External links

GALDAKAO in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa)

Official website
Municipalities in Biscay Estuary of Bilbao {{basqueCountry-geo-stub