Barakaldo

Barakaldo is a suburb in , , and has about 102,000 residents. Barakaldo is situated nearby to the neighborhood , as well as near .
Photo: Ebaki, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Type: Suburb with 102,000 residents
  • Description: capital town of the municipality of Baracaldo, Spain
  • Postal codes: 48900-48903

Places of Interest

Highlights include Vizcaya Bridge and Bizkaia Arena.

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The is a transporter bridge that links the towns of and in the province of , crossing the mouth of the Nervion River. is situated 3½ km northwest of Barakaldo.

Stadium
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is an indoor arena in , Greater Bilbao. It is one of the biggest multipurpose halls in , as it can hold up to 26,000 people with maximum legal capacity, although in most concert configurations the capacity is reduced to 18,640.

Stadium
Photo: Javierme, CC BY 2.5.
Lasesarre is a stadium in , . It is currently used for football matches and is the home stadium of Barakaldo CF. The stadium holds 7,960 spectators.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bilbao and Portugalete.

Photo: Archaeodontosaurus, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, with a population of about 350,000, is the largest city in 's . is perhaps the best place in the world to experience the ancient culture and language of the Basque people, which has stubbornly held its own over thousands of years and is now completely unlike any modern-day culture in Europe.

Town
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is a city and municipality west of in the province of in the Autonomous Community of the in northern . The city has 44,864 inhabitants and lies west of , and as such is part of its metropolitan area.

Town
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is a town and municipality in the province of in the autonomous community of the in northern . It is in the left bank of the and part of 's metropolitan area.

Barakaldo

Latitude
43.2954° or 43° 17′ 44″ north
Longitude
-2.997° or 2° 59′ 49″ west
Population
102,000
Elevation
27 metres (89 feet)
United Nations Location Code
ES BAO
Open location code
8CMV72W3+56
Open­Street­Map ID
node 13445024995
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
3109453
Wiki­data ID
Q12256336
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Swedish—“Barakaldo” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Barakaldo”
  • Basque: “Done Bikendi (barrutia)”
  • Basque: “Done Bikendi”
  • Basque: “San Bizente (Barakaldo)”
  • Basque: “San Bizente”
  • Basque: “San Bizenti-Barakaldo”
  • Basque: “San Vicente (Barakaldo)”
  • Basque: “Sanbi”
  • Catalan: “Barakaldo”
  • Cebuano: “Barakaldo (kapital sa munisipyo)”
  • Cebuano: “Barakaldo”
  • Galician: “Barakaldo”
  • Hebrew: “ברקלדו”
  • Irish: “Barakaldo”
  • Russian: “Баракалдо”
  • Spanish: “Baracaldo”
  • Spanish: “Barakaldo”
  • Spanish: “San Bizenti-Barakaldo”
  • Spanish: “San Vicente de Baracaldo”
  • Spanish: “San Vicente de Barakaldo”
  • Spanish: “San Vicente”
  • Swedish: “Barakaldo (kommunhuvudort)”

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