Abando

Abando was originally an elizate and also a municipality until 1876, when part of it was annexed to Bilbao, the rest of the elizate's municipal land was integrated into Bilbao in 1890. In 2016 the population was 50,903. Abando is the wealthiest district in Bilbao, with personal and family incomes being well above the citywide average. The exact date of Abando's foundation is unknown, as is the case with other elizates in Biscay. In 1300, the town of Bilbao was founded by Diego López V de Haro on the site of a small settlement on the right bank of the estuary. Its rights as a town were later confirmed by King Ferdinand V of Castile. The charter included jurisdiction over lands on the other side of the San Antón Bridge, an area then known as Allende la Puente and now as Bilbao la Vieja, which had originally belonged to Abando.