Valencian Community

Comunitat Valenciana
Comunidad Valenciana

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 valencià/valenciana valenciano/valenciana
Statute of Autonomy	July 10, 1982
ISO 3166-2	VC
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.
• Villarreal (Valencian Vila-real), important producer of ceramics and brick.
• Elda, important producer of shoes.
• Buñol (Valencian Bunyol) famous for the Tomatina, on the last wednesday of August.

The Comunidad Valenciana includes the provinces of:

• Castellón/Castelló
• Valencia/València
• Alicante/Alacant

Major rivers:

• River Turia (Valencian: Túria)
• River Júcar (Valencian: Xúquer)
• River Segura

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