City of Valencia
Valencia, officially València, is the capital of the Valencian Community and the province of the same name in Spain. It is located on the banks of the Turia, on the east coast of the Iberian Peninsula on the Mediterranean Sea. With a population of 824,340, it is the third-largest city in Spain. The urban area of Valencia has 1.6 million people while the metropolitan region has 2.5 million.
Catholic jurisdiction: Latin — Archdiocese of Valencia
Notable people from City of Valencia
Ranked by number of Wikipedia languages that have an article — a proxy for cross-cultural notability. Data: Wikidata.
Vicente Blasco Ibáñez1867–1928Spanish author (1867-1928)
Inma Cuestab. 1980Spanish actress
Peter III of Aragon1240–1285King of Aragon and Valencia (1276–85); King of Sicily (1282–85)
Juan Luis Vives1492–1540Spanish philosopher
Lucía Etxebarriab. 1966Spanish writer
Roberto Soldadob. 1985Spanish association football player
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