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Enkarterri
Eskualdea / Comarca
Neighbourhoods of Sopuerta and Galdames as viewed from Pico Mayor
Neighbourhoods of Sopuerta and Galdames as viewed from Pico Mayor
Coat of arms of Enkarterri
Coat of arms
Location of Enkarterri in Biscay
Location of Enkarterri in Biscay
Country Spain
Autonomous community Basque Country
Province Biscay
Municipalities
Population
 • Total 32,277
Demonym(s) encartados
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)

Enkarterri (Spanish: Las Encartaciones) is a comarca of the province of Biscay, in the Basque Country, Spain. It is one of the seven eskualdeak/comarcas or districts that make up the province of Biscay. Its administrative centre is Balmaseda.

Historically a larger region (merindad), Enkarterri stretched from the mountains that form its southern border with Cantabria and Castile-Leon in the west and south, to the river Nervion and the Estuary of Bilbao in the east – including the industrial municipalities of Gallarta, Muskiz, Ortuella, Portugalete, Santurtzi, Sestao, Trapagaran and Zierbena. Nowadays the name usually refers only to the rural western part of the historical territory, while the eastern urban area is known as the Left Bank (Margen Izquierda / Ezkerraldea) and is part of the Greater Bilbao comarca (together with Barakaldo, which used to belong to the neighbouring merindad of Uribe).

Geography

Enkarterri is located at the northwest of the province of Biscay. It borders the community of Cantabria to the west, and the Province of Burgos (Castile and León) and the province of Álava, also in the Basque Country, to the south. The river Kadagua crosses the region and drains most of it.

Municipalities

# Municipality Area
km2
Population % of
Population
Escudo de Balmaseda.svg Balmaseda 22.3 7,168 20.15
Escudo de Carranza.svg Karrantza 137.70 2,836 9.16
Escudo de Artzentales.svg Artzentales 36 692 2.23
Escudo de Gueñes.svg Gueñes 41.49 8,176 25.44
Escudo de Zalla.svg Zalla 31.03 8,183 26.30
Escudo de Sopuerta.svg Sopuerta 42.80 2,439 7.88
Escudo de Galdames.svg Galdames 44.50 841 2.72
Escudo de Gordexola.svg Gordexola 41.50 1,658 5.35
Escudo de Trucios.svg Trucios-Turtzioz 31 556 1.80
Escudo de Lanestosa.svg Lanestosa 1.20 305 0.98
Coat of Arms of the Spanish Monarchs as Lords of Biscay s.XVI-XVII.svg Enkarterri 429.52 32,713 100.00

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Las Encartaciones para niños

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