Basurto-Zorroza is the eighth district of the city of Bilbao

Bilbao

Bilbao ) is a Spanish municipality, capital of the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country. With a population of 353,187 , it is the largest city of its autonomous community and the tenth largest in Spain...

, Basque Country

Basque Country (autonomous community)

The Basque Country is an autonomous community of northern Spain. It includes the Basque provinces of Álava, Biscay and Gipuzkoa, also called Historical Territories....

 (Spain

Spain

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). It is divided into the neighbourhoods of Altamira, Basurto, Olabeaga, Masustegui-Monte Caramelo and Zorrotza.
It is separated from Barakaldo

Barakaldo

Barakaldo , is a municipality in the Basque Country in Spain. It is located in the Biscay province, administratively included in the "Basque Autonomous Community", on the left bank of the Estuary of Bilbao.Barakaldo is part of Bilbao's metropolitan area , and its official population...

 by the river Kadagua.
Its area is 7.09 square kilometers and has a population of 33,780 inhabitants.

Places of interest

The district is the location of:

• Basurto Hospital
• San Mamés Stadium
  San Mamés Stadium
  Estadio San Mamés, AKA La Catedral , is a football stadium in Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain. The stadium is the home of Athletic Bilbao, known as "Los leones de San Mamés-Bilboko lehoiak" . They are known as Los leones because their stadium was built near a church called San Mamés...
  
  
• Bilbao Maritime Museum

Transport

The 8th district of Bilbao has a very important role as a transportation hub, the main road access to the city from the A-8 motorway

Autovía A-8

The Autovía A-8 is a highway that connects all the regions on the Northern Coast of Spain. It is known as the Autovía del Cantábrico and connects Baamonde and Bilbao, where it continues as the Autopista AP-8 to the French border...

 crosses the heart of the district (Av. Sabino Arana). This causes heavy disruption to the residents of the district, a new road access is projected through the less populated areas of Basurto.

All railway companies operating in Bilbao except EuskoTren have stations in the 8th district:

• Metro Bilbao
  Metro Bilbao
  Metro Bilbao is a rapid transit system serving the city of Bilbao and the region of Greater Bilbao. Its lines have a "Y" shape, with two lines that transit both banks of the Nervión river and then combine to form one line that ends in the south of Bilbao...
  
   has a stop in the district (San Mamés).
• EuskoTran
  EuskoTran
  EuskoTran is a light rail tram service which operates in the cities of Bilbao , Vitoria and, in the future, in the town of Leioa , all of them in the Basque Country, Spain. It is one of the three commercial brands of the public society owned by the Basque Government, Eusko Trenbideak -...
  
   tram system has the starting station Basurto and San Mamés station in the district.
• The Cercanías Bilbao
  Cercanías Bilbao
  Cercanías Bilbao is a commuter rail network in Bilbao, serving the city and its metropolitan area. It is operated by Cercanías, as part of Renfe, the national railway company...
  
   commuter railway network has three stops in the district: San Mamés, Olabeaga, and Zorrotza.
• The FEVE
  FEVE
  FEVE is a state-owned Spanish railway company, which operates most of Spain's of metre gauge railway.-History:...
  
   commuter line to Balmaseda
  Balmaseda
  Balmaseda is a town in the Encartaciones region of Biscay in the Spanish Basque Country....
  
   has two stations in the district, Basurto and Zorrotza.

On top of that, the main bus station of the city (Termibus

Termibus

Termibus is the main bus station of Bilbao and it is located beside San Mamés Stadium. The bus terminal is linked to the San Mamés underground, tram and commuter rail station....

) is located in Basurto.