Sestao

Sestao
Municipality
Town Hall
Flag Coat of arms
Sestao Location of Sestao within the Basque Country
Coordinates: 43°18′39″N 3°0′20″W / 43.31083°N 3.00556°WCoordinates: 43°18′39″N 3°0′20″W / 43.31083°N 3.00556°W
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Basque Country
Province	Biscay
Comarca	Greater Bilbao
Segregatted	1805
Government
• Alcalde	Josu Bergara (EAJ-PNV)
Area
• Total	3.49 km^2 (1.35 sq mi)
Elevation	67,62 m (22,185 ft)
Population (2014)
• Total	28,288
• Density	8,100/km^2 (21,000/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	sestaotarra[1]
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	48910
Official language(s)	Basque
Website	Official website

Sestao is a town and municipality of 28,288 inhabitants located in the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of Basque Country, northern Spain. It is in the left bank of the Estuary of Bilbao and part of Bilbao's metropolitan area.^[2]

Sestao was the place of the most important steel industry of Biscay, Altos Hornos de Vizcaya.

Neighborhoods

Sestao is administratively divided into 13 neighborhoods or wards:

• Kasko
• Kueto (Goitio in basque)
• Galindo (Gariondo in basque)
• Albiz
• Urbinaga
• Rebonza
• Azeta
• Simondrogas (Zumarrondoaga in basque)
• Txabarri (Etxabarri in basque)
• Markonzaga
• Aizpuru
• Los Baños
• Las Llanas

Demography

Population of Sestao
Year	Population
1800	340
1850	346
1877	4,347
1885	4,729
1890	6,851
1900	10,833
1910	11,820
1920	15,579
1930	18,335
1940	18,625
1950	19,969
1960	24,992
1970	37,312
1981	39,933
1991	35,537
2001	32,533
2005	30,350
2014	28,288

References

1. Euskaltzaindia. "Euskal Onomastikaren Datutegia (EODA): Sestao" (in Basque). Euskaltzaindia. Retrieved 3 July 2010.
2. Ainhoa Arozamena Ayala. "Auñamendi Encyclopedia: Sestao" (in Spanish). Eusko Ikaskuntza. Retrieved 3 July 2010.