Sestao

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Sestao
Municipality
Town Hall
Flag Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 43°18′39″N 3°0′20″W / 43.31083°N 3.00556°W / 43.31083; -3.00556
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Basque Country
Province	Biscay
Comarca	Greater Bilbao
Segregatted	1805
Government
• Alcalde	Ainhoa Basabe Meléndez (EAJ-PNV)
Area
• Total	3.49 km2 (1.35 sq mi)
Elevation	6,762 m (22,185 ft)
Population  (2018)[1]
• Total	27,445
• Density	7,900/km2 (20,000/sq mi)
Demonym	sestaotarra[2]
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	48910
Official language(s)	Basque
Website	Official website

Sestao is a town and municipality of 27,296 inhabitants located in the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of Basque Country, northern Spain. It is in the left bank of the Estuary of Bilbao and part of Bilbao's metropolitan area.^[3]

Sestao was the place of the most important steel industry of Biscay, Altos Hornos de Vizcaya.