Alzira (city)
Alzira | ||
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coat of arms | Map of Spain | |
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Basic data | ||
Autonomous Community : | Valencia | |
Province : | Valencia | |
Comarca : | Ribera Alta | |
Coordinates | 39 ° 9 ′ N , 0 ° 26 ′ W | |
Height : | 14 msnm | |
Area : | 110.4 km² | |
Residents : | 44,352 (Jan 1, 2019) | |
Population density : | 401.74 inhabitants / km² | |
Postal code : | 46600 | |
Municipality number ( INE ): | 46017 | |
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Website : | www.alzira.es |
Alzira (Spanish Alcira ) is a city in eastern Spain in the province of Valencia . The municipality is located on the Júcar River .
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history
It is uncertain whether the city is to be equated with the settlement Saetabicula founded by the Iberian tribe of the Contestani . Alzira was founded as Al-Yazirat Suquar (Júcar Island) by Arabs, in the Middle Ages it was a flourishing Moorish trading post . In 1242 the city was conquered by James I (Aragón) (1208–1276) and brought under Spanish control. In 1472, 1590, 1864, 1916, 1982 and 1987 the city was flooded.
economy
Alzira was surrounded by palm and mulberry groves until the 20th century, and rice was grown in the damp lowlands. The city has now become an important industrial center (paper and chemicals) and the population lives mainly from growing oranges.
Attractions
The old town of Alzira was classified as Conjunto histórico-artístico in 2004 .
- Monastery de la Murta
- Route of the Monasteries of Valencia
sons and daughters of the town
- Juan de Vera (1453–1507), Archbishop of Salerno and Cardinal
- Pedro Martínez (born 1997), tennis player
Town twinning
Aliza's twin cities are Corbeil-Essonnes in the French region of Île-de-France and Onda in the Spanish region of Valencia .
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Cifras oficiales de población resultantes de la revisión del Padrón municipal a 1 de enero . Population statistics from the Instituto Nacional de Estadística (population update).
- ↑ Ptolemy 2,6,61, cf. also Adolf Schulten : Saetabicula . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume IA, 2, Stuttgart 1920, column 1727 ..
- ^ Database Patrimonio cultural
- ↑ www.laguia.es