Otxarkoaga-Txurdinaga is the third district of the city of

Bilbao Bilbao is a city in northern Spain, the largest city in the Provinces of Spain, province of Biscay and in the Basque Country (greater region), Basque Country as a whole. It is also the largest city proper in northern Spain. Bilbao is the List o ...

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), in the Spanish 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 Txakoli

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, this has given the inhabitants the nickname of ''Matxorris'', from

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''Mahats''=grape and ''orri''=plant. The Basque Football Federation has its offices in the area, on Julian Gaiarre Etorbidea.

Transport

The Bilbobus and BizkaiBus bus lines have stops in the district. In 2017, line 3 of the Bilbao metro opened, with the Otxarkoaga and Txurdinaga stations in the district.

Sights

References

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