- published: 21 May 2015
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Bilbao ( /bɪlˈbaʊ/, /bɪlˈbɑːoʊ/;Spanish: [bilˈβao]; Basque: Bilbo, IPA: [bilbo]) is a municipality and city in Spain, the capital of the province of Biscay in the autonomous community of the Basque Country. With a population of 353,187 as of 2010[update], it is the largest city of its autonomous community and the tenth largest in Spain. With roughly 1 million inhabitants, Bilbao lies within one of the most populous metropolitan areas in northern Spain. The Bilbao metropolitan area includes the comarca of Greater Bilbao (875,552) plus satellite towns, ranking the fifth largest in Spain.
Bilbao is situated in the north-central part of Spain, some 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) south of the Bay of Biscay, where the estuary of Bilbao is formed. Its main urban core is surrounded by two small mountain ranges with an average elevation of 400 metres (1,300 ft).
Since its foundation in the early 14th century, Bilbao was a commercial hub that enjoyed significant importance in the Green Spain, mainly thanks to its port activity based on the export of iron extracted from the Biscayan quarries. Throughout the nineteenth century and beginnings of the twentieth, Bilbao experienced heavy industrialization that made it the centre of the second industrialized region of Spain, behind Barcelona. This was joined by an extraordinary population explosion that prompted the anexation of several adjacent municipalities. Nowadays, Bilbao is a vigorous service city that is experiencing an ongoing social, economic, and aesthetic revitalization process, started by the symbolic Bilbao Guggenheim Museum, and continued by infrastructure investments, such as the airport terminal, the rapid transit system, the tram line, the Alhóndiga, or the currently under development Abandoibarra and Zorrozaurre renewal projects.
Actors: Fernando Pardo (editor), Mariela Besuievsky (producer), Mariela Besuievsky (producer), Lucio Godoy (composer), Gerardo Herrero (producer), Fernando Tejero (actor), José María Sacristán (actor), Luis Callejo (actor), Enrique Villén (actor), Tadeo Villalba hijo (producer), Carlos Kaniowsky (actor), Javier Gutiérrez (actor), Fernando Cayo (actor), María Botto (actress), Cristina Rodríguez (costume designer),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Bigas Luna (director), María Martín (actress), Mario Gas (actor), Bigas Luna (writer), Bigas Luna (writer), Anastasi Rinos (editor), Jordi Torras (actor), Marta Molins (actress), Pepón Coromina (producer), Anne Settimó (miscellaneous crew), Àngel Jové (actor), Isabel Pisano (actress), Pep Cuxart (producer), Pep Cuxart (actor), Pepita Llunell (actress),
Genres: Drama, Thriller,