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image taken July 5th 2000 by ASTER sensor on board ).]] Greater Bilbao (, ) is a Metropolitan Area of Biscay , Spain . It is also called '''Metropolitan Bilbao''' and is constituted by a set of municipalities along the Nervion River ending at its mouth, that due to their growth have gotten physically united looking like a single City (see Conurbation ), plus some satellite towns. GEOGRAPHY It's the sixth most populated , Alonsotegi , Arrankudiaga , Arrigorriaga , Barakaldo , Barrika , Basauri , Berango , Bilbao , Derio , Etxebarri , Erandio , Galdakao , Getxo , Górliz , Larrabetzu , Lejona , Lemoiz , Lezama , Loiu , Muskiz , Ortuella , Plentzia , Portugalete , Santurtzi , Sestao , Sondika , Sopelana , Ugao-Miraballes , Urduliz , Valle De Trápaga-Trapagaran , Zamudio , Zaratamo and Zeberio . Because of the limited size of Biscay, which is Spain's second smallest province, some towns that form part of other regions can be considered inside the metropolitan area as satellite towns, because of their intense dependency in transport, commerce and leisure. These towns are: Mungia , Lemoa , Amorebieta , Durango in Biscay; Laudio in Alava and Castro Urdiales in Cantabria . The area is structured into different zones:
URBAN REGENERATION The main municipalities of the region and metropolitan area, Bilbao and Barakaldo , and the Basque and Spanish Governments constituted in 1992 the organization '' Bilbao Ria 2000 '' for the city-planning regeneration of Bilbao and its surroundings, indeed being these the municipalities more punished by the intense industrial activity and the great amount of contaminated grounds and industrial ruins that derived from that activity. Among the projects that it has impelled this institution is the recovery of Abandoibarra, once industrial ground and the place where the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao and the Euskalduna Palace are located now. In parallel exists the association ''Bilbao Metropoli-30'', constituted in 1991 by the City council of Bilbao, Biscay and Basque Governments and diverse public and private organizations for the regeneration of Metropolitan Bilbao. The area is since 1995 fully interconnected by the Metro Bilbao . MUNICIPALITIES OF THE BILBAO METROPOLITAN AREA
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