Enkarterri

Enkarterri
Enkarterri
	Comarca
	Coat of arms of Enkarterri; Coat of arms
	Coat of arms of Enkarterri; Coat of arms
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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
20px	Artzentales	692	2,23	36
	Gueñes	8.176	25,44	41,49
20px	Zalla	8183	26,30	31,03
20px	Sopuerta	2439	7,88	42,80
20px	Galdames	841	2,72	44,50
	Gordexola	1658	5,35	41,50
20px	Trucios-Turtzioz	556	1,80	31
20px	Lanestosa	305	0,98	1,20
20px	Enkarterri	32713	100	429,52