Valencia Province

Valencia Valencia ,  Spain
coat of arms	flag
Designations
Spanish name :	Valencia
Valencian name :	Valencia
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Valencia
Capital :	Valencia
Official languages :	Spanish , Valencian
Area :	10,806 km²
Residents :	2,565,124 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	237.38 inhabitants / km²
ISO 3166-2 :	ES-V
Website :	dival.es
Location of the province of Valencia

Valencia ( valencian. València , Spanish Valencia ) is a Spanish province with the capital Valencia . It is one of three provinces in the Valencia region . In an area of ​​10,806.09 km² it has 2,565,124 inhabitants (as of 2019).

Valencia is located in the east of the Iberian Peninsula and is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the east, the provinces of Castellón and Teruel to the north, Cuenca and Albacete to the west and Alicante to the south .

The province also includes the Rincón de Ademuz exclave in its northwest on the Túria River , whose neighbors are the provinces of Teruel and Cuenca.

The province has 16 seats in the Cortes Generales (House of Representatives) and 36 in the Cortes Valencianas regional parliament .

Attractions

• The rock paintings in the Spanish Levant can be seen in the cultural park of Villar del Humo (in the neighboring province of Cuenca ).

Largest communities

As of January 1, 2019

Valencian name	Spanish name	Residents
Valencia	Valencia	794.288
Torrent	Torrente	82.208
Gandia	Gandía	74,562
Paterna	Paterna	70.195
Sagunto	Sagunto	66,140
Alzira	Alcira	44,352
Mislata	Mislata	43,691
Burjassot	Burjasot	38.024
Ontinyent	Onteniente	35,347
Manises	Manises	30,919
Aldaia	Aldaya	31,864
Xirivella	Chirivella	29,623
Alaquàs	Alacuás	29,561
Xàtiva	Játiva	29,231
Sueca	Sueca	27,479
Oliva	Oliva	25.101
Algemesí	Algemesí	27,331
Catarroja	Catarroja	28,120
Quart de Poblet	Cuart de Poblet	24,760
Paiporta	Paiporta	26,088
Llíria	Liria	23,253
Cullera	Cullera	22,145
Alboraia	Alboraya	24,454
Montcada	Moncada	21,935
La Pobla de Vallbona	Puebla de Vallbona	24,433
Bétera	Bétera	24,272
Requena	Requena	20,254
Riba-roja de Túria	Ribarroja del Turia	22,264
Alfafar	Alfafar	20,890
Carcaixent	Carcagente	20,358

See also : List of municipalities in the province of Valencia

Population development of the province

Subdivision into comarcas

• El Camp del Túria (Valencian .; Spanish Campo de Turia )
• El Camp de Morvedre (Valencian .; Spanish Campo de Murviedro )
• La Canal de Navarrés (Spanish)
• La Costera (Valencian.)
• La Foia de Bunyol (Valencian .; Spanish Hoya de Buñol – Chiva )
• L'Horta

• L ' Horta Nord (Valencian .; Spanish Heurta Norte )
• L ' Horta Oest (Valencian .; Spanish Huerta Oeste )
• L ' Horta Sud (Valencian .; Spanish Huerta Sur )

• Requena – Utiel (Spanish; Valencian. Plana d'Utiel )
• El Rincón de Ademuz (Spanish; Valencian. Racó d'Ademús )
• Ribera Alta (Valencian.)
• Ribera Baixa (Valencian .; Spanish Ribera Baja )
• La Safor (Valencian.)
• La Serranía (Valencian .; Spanish Los Serranos )
• La Vall d'Albaida (Valencian .; Spanish Valle de Albaida )
• El Valle de Cofrentes (Spanish)

Web links

Commons : Province of Valencia  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Spain's General Newspaper, Valencia regional edition

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 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).

Coordinates: 39 ° 20 ′  N , 0 ° 50 ′  W