Dima, Spain

      Dima
      —  Municipality  —
      A street in Dima
      A street in Dima

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      Coat of arms
      Location of Dima in Biscay.
      Country  Spain
      Autonomous community  País Vasco
      Province Biscay
      Comarca Arratia-Nerbioi
      Government
       • Mayor
      Area
       • Total 61,08 km2 (2,358 sq mi)
      Elevation 133 m (436 ft)
      Population (2010)
       • Total 1,310
       • Density Bad rounding here0.21/km2 (Bad rounding here0.56/sq mi)
      Demonym Dimoztarra
      Time zone CET (UTC+1)
       • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
      Postal code 48141

      Dima is a town and municipality of the province of Biscay, in the Basque Country, Spain. Dima is part of the comarca of Arratia-Nerbioi and has a population of 1,313 inhabitants as of 2010 according to the Spanish National Statistics Institute.

      Geography

      Church of Dima.

      Dima is located in the comarca of Arratia-Nerbioi, in the south of the province of Biscay, northern Spain. It limits at north with the municipalities of Igorre and Amorebieta-Etxano at north, Durango at northeast, Mañaria at east, Abadiño at southeast, Otxandio and Ubide at south and Zeanuri, Areatza, Artea and Arantzazu at west. Part of the municipality is located within the Urkiola Natural Park. The Axlor archaeological site is nearby.

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      Transportation

      The town is accessible only by road; the BI-3543 connects it with Igorre and Otxandio. The Bizkaibus line A3925 has several stops within the municipality and connects it with Otxandio, Lemoa, Galdakao and Bilbao (the capital city of the province), among others. There are buses in both directions (direction Otxandio and direction Bilbao) every hour.[1]

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      References

      1. ^ Bizkaibus Network at BizkaiBus Official Website
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      Last modified on 14 March 2013, at 18:22