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Sestao: town hall
Town hall of Sestao, Spain.
Sestao
town, Spain
Sestao, town, Vizcaya provincia (province), in the comunidad autónoma (autonomous community) of Basque Country, northern Spain. Long a part of the mancomunidad (union of municipalities) of Somorrostro Valley, Sestao became independent in 1805. It has shipyards and ironworks and steelworks, supplied by nearby mines. Railroad equipment, shipbuilding materials, and various kinds of machinery are manufactured there. Sestao is a northwestern suburb of Bilbao city. Pop. (2008 est.) 29,638.
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