Valencia

The province of Valencia is the most populous of the three provinces in the Valencian Community. It is bordered on the east by the Mediterranean, in the north by the provinces of and Teruel, in the west by the provinces of Cuenca and Albacete, and in the south by the province of .
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is a charming old city and the capital of the . With just over 830,000 inhabitants in 2023, it is ’s third-largest city and, after Barcelona, the most significant cultural centre along the Spanish Mediterranean coast.

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is a city of 66,000 people in Valencia. It is best known for the remains of the ancient Iberian and Roman city of Saguntum, which played a significant part in the Second Punic War between the Carthaginians and the Romans.

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Gandia is a city in Valencia Province, . Gandia is a thriving centre of commerce, and as such does not rely solely on tourism. The beach and the town are some 4 km apart which succeeds in separating the summer tourism from day-to-day living.

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is a city of 29,000 people in Valencia. The town is notable for its large, dramatically-situated fortress as well as its atmospheric, well-preserved city centre.

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is the second largest city in Valencia province. The city of 81,000 people is 9 km southwest of the capital city of Valencia.

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is a city in Valencia. is known primarily for being a bedroom community of Valencia, for its cave dwellings, and for its Moors and Christians celebration which culminates with the Cordà.

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is a town of 20,000 people in the west of Valencia province. It is dominated by the ancient citadel of the Moors, and still has traces of the original town walls.

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is a coastal city in Valencia with 22,000 people. It is known for its gastronomy and its burgeoning tourism sector, and serves as a popular getaway for domestic and foreign visitors.

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With a population of 9,500, is the largest town in La Hoya, the mountainous western area of Valencia province. Every year 40,000 people or more gather in the town to throw over 115,000 kilograms of tomatoes at each other in the yearly Tomatina festival.

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is a small city of 31.000 people in Valencia. It is the site of Valencia's airport, and is an important centre for ceramics, which has been practised for at least 700 years.

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is an agricultural village of 7300 people in Valencia north of . It has several museums and interesting buildings.

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is in the Valencia region of . is a tiny village with a population of 100 people. It styles itself as "La Xispa de la Vall".

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, formally known as de Santa María, is an agricultural village of 8,600 people in the province of Valencia, 15 km north of the city of .

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The or simply La Albufera is a Spanish protected natural area located in the province of Valencia, Valencian Community. It was referred to by the Romans as Nacarum Stagnum, and in some Arabic poems, it is referred to as "Mirror of the Sun".

Valencia

Latitude of center
39.3333° or 39° 20′ north
Longitude of center
-0.8333° or 0° 50′ west
Population
2,710,000
Elevation
361 metres (1,184 feet)
Geo­Names ID
2509951
Wiki­data ID
Q54939
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Yue Chinese—“Valencia” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Provinca Valencia”
  • Arabic: “بلنسية”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة بلنسية”
  • Aragonese: “Balenzia”
  • Aragonese: “Provincia de Valencia”
  • Armenian: “Վալենսիա”
  • Asturian: “provincia de Valencia”
  • Asturian: “provincia de València”
  • Asturian: “Provincia de València”
  • Asturian: “Valencia”
  • Asturian: “València”
  • Azerbaijani: “Valensiya vilayəti”
  • Basque: “Valentzia”
  • Basque: “Valentziako probintzia”
  • Belarusian: “Валенсія (правінцыя)”
  • Belarusian: “Валенсія”
  • Belarusian: “правінцыя Валенсія”
  • Bengali: “ভালেনসিয়া প্রদেশ”
  • Breton: “Proviñs València”
  • Catalan: “Província de València”
  • Catalan: “València”
  • Cebuano: “Província de València”
  • Chechen: “Валенси”
  • Chinese: “Valencia Séng”
  • Chinese: “巴伦西亚省”
  • Chinese: “瓦倫西亞省”
  • Chinese: “華倫西亞省”
  • Croatian: “Valencia”
  • Czech: “Provincie Valencie”
  • Danish: “Valencia”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Valensiya”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Wılayetê Valensiya”
  • Dutch: “Valencia”
  • Esperanto: “Valencio”
  • Estonian: “Valencia provints”
  • Finnish: “Valencia”
  • French: “province de Valence”
  • French: “Province de Valence”
  • French: “Valence”
  • Galician: “provincia de Valencia”
  • Galician: “Provincia de Valencia”
  • Galician: “Valencia provincia”
  • Georgian: “ვალენსიის პროვინცია”
  • German: “Provinz Valencia”
  • German: “Valencia”
  • Greek: “Βαλένθια (επαρχία)”
  • Greek: “Βαλένθια”
  • Gujarati: “વેલેન્સિયા પ્રાંત”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Valencia-sén”
  • Hindi: “वैलेंसिया प्रांत”
  • Hungarian: “València tartomány”
  • Hungarian: “Valencia”
  • Indonesian: “Provinsi Valencia”
  • Indonesian: “Valencia”
  • Interlingua: “Provincia de Valencia”
  • Interlingue: “Provincia de Valencia”
  • Irish: “Cuige Valencia”
  • Italian: “provincia di Valencia”
  • Italian: “Provincia di Valencia”
  • Japanese: “ヴァレンシア”
  • Japanese: “バレンシア”
  • Japanese: “バレンシア県”
  • Kannada: “ವ್ಯಾಲೆನ್ಸಿಯಾ ಪ್ರಾಂತ್ಯ”
  • Kazakh: “Валенсия”
  • Korean: “발렌시아도”
  • Kurdish: “València”
  • Kurdish: “Valensiya”
  • Kurdish: “Valensya”
  • Ladin: “Provinzia de Valencia”
  • Ladino: “Provinsia de Valensia”
  • Ladino: “Valensia”
  • Ladino: “בלנסיה”
  • Ladino: “פרובינסיה דה בלנסיה”
  • Latin: “Provincia Valentiae”
  • Latin: “Valentia”
  • Latvian: “Valensijas province”
  • Lithuanian: “Valensijos provincija”
  • Low German: “Provinz Valencia”
  • Low German: “Valencia”
  • Luxembourgish: “Provënz Valencia”
  • Macedonian: “Валенсија”
  • Malay: “Wilayah Valencia”
  • Marathi: “व्हॅलेन्सिया प्रांत”
  • Mazanderani: “والنسیا اوستان”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Valencia Séng”
  • Mingrelian: “ვალენსიაშ პროვინცია”
  • Mirandese: “Baléncia”
  • Northern Frisian: “Prowins Valencia”
  • Northern Luri: “ڤالئنسیا”
  • Northern Sami: “Valencia eanangoddi”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Valencia”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Provinsen Valencia”
  • Norwegian: “Valencia”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Província de Valéncia”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Valéncia”
  • Ossetian: “Валенси (провинци)”
  • Ossetian: “Валенси”
  • Pampanga: “Valencia”
  • Persian: “استان والنسیا”
  • Polish: “Walencja”
  • Portuguese: “Província de Valência”
  • Portuguese: “Valência”
  • Romanian: “Provincia Valencia”
  • Russian: “Валенсия”
  • Scots: “Province o Valencia”
  • Scots: “Province o Valencie”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Valencia”
  • Serbian: “Покрајина Валенсија”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Valencia”
  • Sinhala: “වැලෙන්සියා පළාත”
  • Slovenian: “Provinca Valencija”
  • Slovenian: “provincia de Valencia”
  • Slovenian: “Valencija”
  • South Azerbaijani: “والنسیا اوستانی”
  • Spanish: “provincia de Valencia”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Valencia”
  • Spanish: “Valencia provincia”
  • Spanish: “Valencia”
  • Spanish: “València”
  • Spanish: “València/Valencia”
  • Swahili: “Mkoa wa Valencia”
  • Swedish: “Valencia”
  • Tagalog: “València”
  • Tamil: “வாலென்சியா மாகாணம்”
  • Telugu: “వాలెన్సియా ప్రావిన్స్”
  • Telugu: “వాలెన్సియా రాష్ట్రభాగం”
  • Thai: “จังหวัดบาเลนเซีย”
  • Turkish: “Valensiya ili”
  • Turkish: “Valensiya”
  • Ukrainian: “Валенсія”
  • Urdu: “صوبہ بلنسیہ”
  • Urdu: “صوبہ ویلنسیا”
  • Uzbek: “Valencia”
  • Venetian: “Provincia de Vałénsia”
  • Venetian: “Provincia de Vałènsia”
  • Vietnamese: “Tỉnh Valencia”
  • Vietnamese: “Valencia”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Probinsya han Valencia”
  • Welsh: “Talaith Valencia”
  • Wu Chinese: “伐伦西亚省”
  • Wu Chinese: “巴伦西亚省”
  • Yiddish: “װאַלענציע”
  • Yue Chinese: “華倫西亞省”

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