Dima, Spain

Dima
Municipality
A street in Dima A street in Dima
Flag of Dima Flag Coat of arms of Dima Coat of arms
Dima Location of Dima within the Basque Country
Dima Location of Dima within Spain
Coordinates:
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Basque Country
Province	Biscay
Comarca	Arratia-Nerbioi
Area
• Total	61,08 km2 (2,358 sq mi)
Elevation	133 m (436 ft)
Population (2010)
• Total	1,310
• Density	0.21/km2 (0.56/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	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 had a population of 1,313 inhabitants in 2010 according to the Spanish National Statistics Institute.

Geography

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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.

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.

See also

• Arratia-Nerbioi

External links

• DIMA in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa) (Spanish)