Valencian Community
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Valencian Community
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Anthem: Himne de València "Anthem of Valencia" | |
Coordinates: 39°30′N 0°45′W / 39.500°N 0.750°W | |
Country | Spain |
Capital | Valencia |
Provinces | Alicante, Castellón, Valencia |
Government | |
• Type | Devolved government in a constitutional monarchy |
• Body | Generalitat Valenciana |
• President | Ximo Puig (PSPV-PSOE) |
Area | |
• Total | 23,255 km2 (8,979 sq mi) |
• Rank | 8th (4.6% of Spain) |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 5,057,353 |
• Density | 220/km2 (560/sq mi) |
• Pop. rank | 4th (10.6% of Spain) |
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Demonym(s) | Valencian valencià, -ana (va) valenciano, -na (es) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
ISO 3166 code | ES-VC |
Area code | +34 96 |
Official languages | Valencian and Spanish |
Statute of Autonomy | 1 July 1982 10 April 2006 |
Patron Saint | Vincent Ferrer |
Parliament | Corts Valencianes |
Congress | 32 deputies (out of 350) |
Senate | 17 senators (out of 265) |
HDI (2018) | 0.882[2] very high · 11th |
Website | Generalitat Valenciana |
1.^ According to the current legislation the official name is in Valencian Comunitat Valenciana. |
The Valencian Community (Valencian: Comunitat Valenciana), also unofficially called the Valencian Country (País Valencià), is an autonomous community in the eastern Spain with a population of around 5,000,000. Its capital and biggest city is Valencia, with a population of nearly 800,000 people.
Demographics
[change | change source]The second-largest city of the Valencian Community is Alicante, with a population of 332,000. The city of Elche, located in the Alicante province, is an important industrial centre, with a population of 230,000. Castellón de la Plana, the capital of the Castellón province, have a population of around 170,000.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Madrid, 2020.
- ↑ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 13 September 2018.