Mungia
Sign in to saveMungia (in Spanish: Munguía) is a town and municipality located in the province of Biscay, in the Basque Country of northern Spain. The town has 17,691 inhabitants (2019).
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- Mungia
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- Municipality
- Settlement.official_name
- Munguía
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- Mungia Town Office
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- Mungia_bandera.svg
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- Escudo de Mungia.svg
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- Spain Basque Country#Spain
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- Location of Mungia within the Basque Country##Location of Mungia within Spain
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- Country
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- Autonomous community
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- Province
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- Biscay
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- Comarca
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- Mungialdea
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- 22
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 52.12
- Settlement.population_demonym
- mungiarra
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Mungia (in Spanish: Munguía) is a town and municipality located in the province of Biscay, in the Basque Country of northern Spain. The town has 17,691 inhabitants (2019).
==Geography== Mungia lies 20 metres above sea level in an area full of open spaces, with a landscape of rolling hills; among these last are Gondramendi (217 m), Tallu (342 m) and Berreaga (366 m). The more important mountains nearby are Sollube (684 m) and Jata (592 m); these surround the valley of the Butroi river, which rises at the mountain of Bizkargi (536 m) and flows to the sea at the Plentzia estuary.
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