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Vizcaya (Basque Bizkaia) is a province of northern Spain, in
the northwestern part of the autonomous
community of the Basque Country.
It is bordered by the provinces of Cantabria, Burgos, Guipúzcoa,
and Álava, and by the Bay of
Biscay.
Of the 1,133,444 people (2002) who live in Vizcaya, about 30% live in the capital, Bilbao (Basque Bilbo). Guernica (Basque,
Gernika-Lumo), a town regarded as the spiritual centre of the traditional Basque Country, is located in Vizcaya.
Other important towns include Barakaldo, Portugalete, Durango, and Balmaseda. See List
of municipalities in Vizcaya.
External link
For more info see the official page: http://www.bizkaia.net
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