Algorta
Algorta is a locality within the municipality of Getxo, in the province of Biscay, Basque Country, Spain. In 1996, the population of Algorta was 35,600.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 37,800 residents
- Description: locality within the municipality of Getxo
- Postal codes: 48990-48993 and 48998
Places of Interest
Highlights include Vizcaya Bridge and Getxo Town Hall.
Vizcaya Bridge
Photo: Ebaki, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Vizcaya Bridge is a transporter bridge that links the towns of Portugalete and Las Arenas in the Biscay province of Spain, crossing the mouth of the Nervion River.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Santurtzi and Portugalete.
Santurtzi
Town
Santurtzi is a port town in the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of Basque Country, Spain. It is located in the Bilbao Abra bay, near the mouth of the Nervión river, on its left bank, 14 kilometres downriver from Bilbao and forms part of the Greater Bilbao agglomeration.
Portugalete
Town
Portugalete is a town lying to the west of Bilbao in the province of Biscay in the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country, northern Spain. The town has 45,294 inhabitants as of 2021 and is part of Bilbao's metropolitan area. Portugalete is situated 4 km south of Algorta.
Las Arenas
Suburb
Photo: Spike, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Areeta is a neighbourhood of Getxo. It is an affluent residential area that was built over the sands of a beach where the Gobela Creek died into a diffuse delta at the mouth of the Estuary of Bilbao in the early 20th century.
Algorta
- Categories: neighborhood and locality
- Location: Getxo, Biscay, Basque Country, Northern Spain, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
43.353° or 43° 21′ 11″ northLongitude
-3.0134° or 3° 0′ 48″ westPopulation
37,800Elevation
51 metres (167 feet)United Nations Location Code
ES ALTOpen location code
8CMR9X3P+6JOpenStreetMap ID
node 313273255OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Welsh—“Algorta” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Բերրոնդո”
- Basque: “Algorta”
- Catalan: “Algorta”
- Cebuano: “Algorta (bahin nga lungsod)”
- Cebuano: “Algorta”
- Danish: “Algorta”
- Dutch: “Algorta”
- French: “Algorta”
- Galician: “Algorta”
- German: “Algorta”
- Hebrew: “אלגורטה”
- Irish: “Algorta”
- Italian: “Algorta”
- Korean: “알고르타”
- Malagasy: “Algorta”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Algorta”
- Russian: “Альгорта”
- Spanish: “Algorta”
- Swedish: “Algorta (del av en befolkad plats)”
- Swedish: “Algorta”
- Welsh: “Algorta”
- “Algorta”
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