Saturday,26th July 2008 UTC

On this page about Valencia, Spain:

• Geography and Location
• Tags
• Encyclopedia extract
• Translations
• Search Results

Geography and Location

Aerial map

Tags

• 137 BC establishments (1)
• Ancient mints (22)
• Articles with sections needing expansion (112)
• Coastal cities (231)
• Comarques of the Valencian Community (2)
• Mediterranean (52)
• Municipalities in Valencia (12)
• Port cities (126)
• Roman sites in Spain (23)
• Valencia (2)

Encyclopedia: Valencia, Spain

Valencia (Castilian Spanish: Valencia [ba'lenθja];^[1] Valencian: València [va'ɫɛnsia]) is the capital of the Spanish autonomous community of Valencia and its province. It is the third largest city in Spain and an industrial area on the Costa del Azahar in Spain. The estimated population of the city of Valencia proper was 807,396 as of 2006 estimates. Population of the urban area was 1,012,000 as of 2000 estimates. Population of the metropolitan area (urban area plus satellite towns) was 1,807,396 as of 2006 estimates. As of 2005, the mayor of Valencia is Rita Barberá Nolla.

Valencia has a Mediterranean climate, with warm dry summers and mild winters.

Translations

How to say "Valencia, Spain" in other languages:

	(Chinese)	巴倫西亞
	(Japanese)	バレンシア (スペイン)
	(German)	Valencia (Spanien)
	(Spanish)	Valencia
	(French)	Valence (Espagne)
	(Italian)	Valencia

Search results

Percujove

PERCUJOVE is a percussion group formed in Valencia (Spain) by valencian percussion students. Since: 2003 Actual conductor: Salvador Pelejero Web site is :PERCUJOVE...

→  read in the encylopedia

Jose Iturbi

Jose Iturbi photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1933 Jose Iturbi (November 28, 1895 - June 28, 1980) was a Spanish conductor and pianist. Iturbi was born in Valencia, Spain and died in Los Angeles. He appeared in several Hollywood films of the 1940s, notably playing himself in the 1943 musical...

→  read in the encylopedia

La Safor

La Safor is an administrative region within the province of Valencia, Spain. The largest town is the beach-town Gandia, but includes the towns of Oliva, Piles and Daimús, among others. The beach area of Gandia, la Platja, is known for its wild nightlife during the summer...

→  read in the encylopedia

André Delvaux

André Delvaux is a Belgian film director. Born March 21st, 1926 in Heverlee (Belgium) he died October 4th, 2002 in Valencia Spain. Films 1988 L'Oeuvre au noir (from the famous Marguerite Yourcenar book). 1983 Benvenuta (with Vittorio Gassman, Fanny Ardant, Françoise Fabian and Mathieu Carrière...

→  read in the encylopedia

Fideua

Fideuà (from "fideu" Valencian for noodle , pronounced "feeh-deh-wah", SAMPA [fiDe'wa]) is a typical dish of Valencia, Spain. It is a variation of the popular paella dish, originated in the 1960s in the city of Gandia when noodles were put instead of rice, because someone forgot to bring the rice...

→  read in the encylopedia

La Ciudad de las Artes y Ciencias

...

→  read in the encylopedia

Tomatina

La Tomatina is a festival held on the last Wednesday of August at Buñol, Valencia, Spain. Tens of thousands of participants come from all over the world, fight in a harmless battle where more than one hundred metric tons of over-ripe tomatoes are thrown in the streets. The tomato fight has been a...

→  read in the encylopedia

Alvaro Pascual-Leone

Outstanding Clinical Educator Award. Pascual-Leone was born Valencia, Spain...

→  read in the encylopedia

Benidorm

Benidorm (photo by Fruggo, march 2001) Benidorm is a town in Alicante, Valencia, Spain. Its permanent population is 52,800 (2000) (although its visitor population is far higher). It is most famous... comunidad autónoma de valencia, en Alicante. Es conocida por sus dos playas (levante y ponente) debido...

→  read in the encylopedia

Mazda Mazda2

...

→  read in the encylopedia