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The Hego Uribe area south of Bilbao tends to remain grouped with the city when other adjustments are made, or is linked with Arratia-Nervi\u00f3n if counted as an outlying zone.  Alternative arrangement in Gipuzkoa with 10 divisionsGipuzkoa province: the southern portion of the Urola Kosta comarca (primarily Azpeitia and Azkoitia) has been listed separately as Urola Erdia\u00a0[eu] (Mid-Urola).[10] Similarly, the western part of Goierri (around Zumarraga) has been recorded as the separate Urola Garaia\u00a0[eu] (Upper Urola) district.[11] In the Donostialdea comarca (by far the most heavily populated, containing the city of San Sebasti\u00e1n and its satellite towns), the eastern part centred on Errenteria and Pasaia has been referred to as Oarsoaldea, and in some cases this has been combined with neighbouring Bidasoaldea, with the Oarsoaldea name even being adopted by some for this larger area. Less commonly, the name Buruntzaldea\u00a0[eu] has been used to refer collectively to the cluster of towns south of San Sebasti\u00e1n (Lasarte-Oria, Hernani, Astigarraga, Andoain).[12]  Alternative arrangement in \u00c1lava with 7 divisions\u00c1lava province: the main deviation from the Eustat comarcas (known here as cuadrillas) is in the representation of the capital Vitoria-Gasteiz, which alternatively has its own district comprising its urban municipality alone. In this alignment the western part of the rump Llanada Alavesa comarca is assigned to Gorbeialdea.[13][14] The territory of Trevi\u00f1o is entirely surrounded by \u00c1lava, but is an exclave of the Province of Burgos and does not figure in the Basque considerations (its future status is a matter of dispute between the administrations).Population contrasts[edit]As with the municipalities across Spain, the populations of each comarca vary widely; rural sectors of \u00c1lava cover only a few thousand residents each, while its capital Vitoria-Gasteiz (which is also a single municipality) is considered either to be in its own comarca or by far the most prominent component of the wider Llanada Alavesa, containing over 250,000 residents under either arrangement. In Gipuzkoa, the Donostialdea comarca (population 330,000) includes not only the provincial capital San Sebasti\u00e1n (municipality population 185,000) but many of the smaller towns surrounding the city, leading to two further subdivisions being created in some contexts to represent these communities in a more balanced way. The most striking contrast is in Biscay, where the capital city Bilbao (again a single municipality with approximately 350,000 residents) is just one part of the Greater Bilbao comarca which has 850,000 within its boundaries. Bilbao’s eight city districts are comparable in population to four of the province’s other more rural comarcas, despite in theory being two administrative levels below.See also[edit]References[edit]^ La actividad industrial registr\u00f3 ca\u00eddas generalizadas en pr\u00e1cticamente todas las comarcas vascas en 2012 [Industrial activity registered generalized falls in practically all the Basque regions in 2012], Eustat, 19 May 2014 (in Spanish)^ Cuatro comarcas de Gipuzkoa superan la media de poblaci\u00f3n inmigrante de la CAV [Four regions of Gipuzkoa exceed the average immigrant population of the BAC], Noticias de Gipuzkoa, 2 February 2020 (in Spanish) ^ a b Population of the Basque Country by province, according to place of birth. 01\/01\/2020, Eustat; retrieved 28 March 2021^ Valles Alaveses, Basque Country Tourism^ a b Territorio de Comarcas [Comarcas Territory], Nirea (in Spanish)^ Gobernanza sostenible | B\u00fasqueda por Comarca [Sustainable governance | Search by Region], Provincial Council of Bizkaia – Diputaci\u00f3n Foral de Bizkaia (in Spanish)^ La crisis econ\u00f3mica va por comarcas [The economic crisis goes by regions], EL Diario], 10 January 2015 (in Spanish)^ Mapa de Comarcas de Bizkaia – A\u00f1o: 2010; Indicador: I4 J\u00f3venes de 24 a 34 a\u00f1os [Map of Regions of Bizkaia – Year: 2010; Indicator: I4 Young people between 24 and 34 years old], Diputaci\u00f3n Foral de Bizkaia (in Spanish) ^ Bizkaia mira a sus comarcas para ser m\u00e1s competitiva [Bizkaia looks to its regions to be more competitive], El Correo, 29 April 2017 (in Spanish) ^ Natural Areas of Urola Erdia, Basque Nomads, 30 March 2020 ^ Bomberos\/as, [Firefighters], Provincial Council of Gipuzkoa – Diputaci\u00f3n Foral de Gipuzkoa (in Spanish)^ Planificaci\u00f3n energ\u00e9tica de Gipuzkoa, [Gipuzkoa energy planning], Provincial Council of Gipuzkoa – Diputaci\u00f3n Foral de Gipuzkoa (in Spanish)^ \u00c1lava, sin capacidad de movimiento por los cierres de Navarra y La Rioja [\u00c1lava, unable to move due to the closures of Navarra and La Rioja], Noticias de \u00c1lava, 23 October 2020 (in Spanish) ^ La cuadrilla de Zuya se rebautiza como Gorbeialdea [Zuya’s zone is renamed Gorbeialdea], Gasteiz Hoy, 17 May 2016 (in Spanish),   "},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki24\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki24\/comarcas-of-the-basque-country\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Comarcas of the Basque Country"}}]}]