Enkarterri

Enkarterri
Comarca
Coat of arms
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Basque Country
Province	Biscay
Municipalities	List Abanto, Balmaseda, Galdames, Gordexola, Güeñes, Karrantza, Lanestosa, Muskiz, Ortuella, Portugalete, Santurtzi, Sestao, Sopuerta, Trapagaran, Trucios-Turtzioz, Zalla, Zierbena
Demonym(s)	encartados
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)

Enkarterri (Spanish: Las Encartaciones) is a comarca of the province of Biscay, in the Basque Country, Spain. It is one of the seven comarcas or districts that make up the province of Biscay. Its administrative centre is Balmaseda. Enkarterri stretches from the river Nervion and the Estuary of Bilbao in the east to the mountains that form its southern border with Cantabria and Castile-Leon in the west and south.

Nowadays the name is most commonly used to refer to the rural part of the historical territory, while the urban area is known as the Left Bank (Margen Izquierda, Ezkerraldea) of the estuary, together with Barakaldo, that used to belong to Uribe.

Geography

Enkarterri is located at the northwest of the province of Biscay. It borders the community of Cantabria to the west, and the Province of Burgos (Castile and León) and the province of Álava, also in the Basque Country, to the south. The river Kadagua crosses the region and drains most of it.

Municipalities

#	Municipality	Population	% Population	Territory km²
	Balmaseda	7168	20,15	22,3
	Karrantza	2836	9,16	137,70
	Artzentales	692	2,23	36
	Gueñes	8.176	25,44	41,49
	Zalla	8183	26,30	31,03
	Sopuerta	2439	7,88	42,80
	Galdames	841	2,72	44,50
	Gordexola	1658	5,35	41,50
	Trucios-Turtzioz	556	1,80	31
	Lanestosa	305	0,98	1,20
	Enkarterri	32713	100	429,52

External links

• Official regional web site (in Basque and Spanish)

Comarcas of the Basque Country
Arratia-Nerbioi Busturialdea Durangaldea Enkarterri Greater Bilbao Lea-Artibai Uribe Goierri Tolosaldea Donostialdea Bidasoa-Txingudi Oarsoaldea

Coordinates: 43°14′38″N 3°11′44″W / 43.24389°N 3.19556°W / 43.24389; -3.19556