Sestao

Historia

Sestao is a town and municipality of 28,288 inhabitants located in the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of Basque Country, northern Spain. It is in the left bank of the Estuary of Bilbao and part of Bilbao's metropolitan area.Sestao was the place of the most important steel industry of Biscay, Altos Hornos de Vizcaya.NeighborhoodsSestao is administratively divided into 13 neighborhoods or wards: Kasko Kueto (Goitio in basque) Galindo (Gariondo in basque) Albiz Urbinaga Rebonza Azeta Simondrogas (Zumarrondoaga in basque) Txabarri (Etxabarri in basque) Markonzaga Aizpuru Los Baños Las LlanasRehabilitation of SestaoSestao, an industrial area in disuse placed in the province of the Basque Country (Spain), is located in the estuary of Bilbao. It appeared due to diverse economic, social and political forces, but it was the economic strength of the iron industry the most important one. Over the last 20 years the city of Bilbao has transformed its riverbanks, pursuing its urban, environmental and economic improvement. The recovery of these old industrial spaces and the relocation of port activities to the outer bay will allow the city to face its river front and start a general process of urban transformation. The spaces previously occupied by the shipyards, containers or blast furnaces, will become promenades, parks, art galleries, new neighborhoods and areas of business of high environmental quality.