Valencian Community
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| Capital | Valencia | ||
| Official languages | Valencian and Spanish (Castilian) | ||
| Area
- total - % of Spain |
Ranked 8th
23 255 km² 4,6% | ||
| Population
- Total (2003) - % of Spain - Density |
Ranked 4th
4 326 708 10,3% 186,05/km² | ||
| Demonym
- English - Valencian - Spanish |
Valencian valenciÃÂ /valenciana valenciano/valenciana | ||
| Statute of Autonomy | July 10, 1982 | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | VC | ||
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Parliamentary representation Congress seats Senate seats |
32 5 | ||
| President | Francisco Enrique Camps Ortiz (PP) | ||
| Generalitat Valenciana | |||
The Valencian Community (Valencian/Catalan: Comunitat Valenciana, Spanish (Castilian): Comunidad Valenciana) is an autonomous community (comunidad autónoma in Spanish, or, in Valencian, comunitat autònoma) in the east of Spain. It is historically known as the Kingdom of Valencia (Regne de València in Valencian, Reino de Valencia in Spanish).
Some people call the Valencian Community País Valencià (Valencian Country) though this has never been its official name.
Its languages are Spanish (Castilian) and Valencian, a dialect of Catalan.
Major cities and notable towns include:
- Valencia (Valencian València), capital of the province of the same name, famous festival of the Fallas in March 19.
- Castellón de la Plana (Valencian Castelló de la Plana), capital of the province of the same name.
- Alicante (Valencian Alacant), capital of the province of the same name, famous for its hard nougat or turrón duro (Valencian torró dur).
- Jijona (Valencian Xixona), famous for its soft nougat or turrón de Jijona (Valencian torró de Xixona).
- Elche (Valencian Elx), famous for the wood of palm trees called Palmeral, and for the Mystery Play, which has been declared part of World Heritage by the UNESCO.
- Benidorm, a major holiday resort, dubbed Beniyork because of its many skyscrapers — including Spain's tallest, the 52-storey Gran Hotel Bali.
- Vilareal, important producer of ceramics and brick.
- Elda, important producer of shoes.
- Buñol (Valencian Bunyol) famous for the Tomatina, on the last wednesday of August.
- River Turia (Valencian: Túria)
- River Júcar (Valencian: Xúquer)
- River Segura
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