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Sondika
Location of Sondika within the Basque Country
Coordinates: 43°17′56″N2°55′31″W / 43.298777°N 2.925348°W / 43.298777; -2.925348
Country Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Autonomous community Flag of the Basque Country.svg  Basque Country
Province Biscay
Eskualdea Greater Bilbao
Government
  MayorGorka Carro Bilbao
Area
  Total6.30 km2 (2.43 sq mi)
Elevation
27 m (89 ft)
Population
 (2018) [1]
  Total4,495
  Density710/km2 (1,800/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Website www.sondika.eus

Sondika (Spanish, Sondica) is a town and municipality located in the province of Biscay, in the Autonomous Community of Basque Country, northern Spain. [2]

Situated directly south of the runway of Bilbao Airport, it is the location of Bilbao British Cemetery, containing a Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery with 58 casualties (not to be confused with a far larger municipal cemetery in neighbouring Derio).

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References

  1. Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  2. "SONDIKA". Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (in Spanish). Euskomedia Fundazioa. 2002. Archived from the original on 31 March 2006.