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Santurtzi

Santurtzi

Santurtzi (Basque:; Spanish: Santurce; Basque for 'Saint George') is a port city and municipality in the province of Biscay in the autonomous community of the Basque Country in northern Spain. It is located in the Bilbao Abra bay, near the mouth of the Nervión river, on its left bank, 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) downriver from Bilbao and forms part of the Bilbao metropolitan area. It has 46,530 inhabitants.

The barrio of Santurce in San Juan, the capital city of Puerto Rico, derives its name from Santurtzi.