General Data



Territory: Bizkaia
Extension: 8.9 square km
Region: Gran Bilbao
Administrative Area: Getxo

Demographics.
   Before 1960, demography grew very slowly due to the fact that many people emigrated to areas such as America. In the 1960s and 1970s, it grew rapidly as a result of the industrialisation process, even though the crisis of the 1980s suddenly stopped it. In January 2005 there are 5,925 inhabitants.

Geography.
   Berango is delimited by Sopelana to the North, Urduliz to the North-east, Erandio to the South-east and Getxo to the West. It is an area full of Eozenic materials upon which the erosion has carved an open landscape. There are only some few hills, i.e. those of Munarrikolanda (256 m), Saiherri (197 m) and Agirremendi (154 m). The Gobela River passes through part of the municipality and discharges into the Abra Bay. Berango is watered by the Larrañazubi stream and some other natural basins.