The 1980s brought geographic expansion, as "El Correo" began to publish editions outside the Bilbao metro area and so it purchased "El Diario Montañés", a newspaper in Santander. The paper now publishes nine local editions: five within the province of Vizcaya, which includes Bilbao, and one each serving the provinces of Álava, Guipúzcoa (sharing territory with "El Diario Vasco"), Burgos (in the city of Miranda de Ebro) and La Rioja. In April 2014, "El Correo" began to be published and distributed in the United Arab Emirates.