Valencian Community

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Comunitat Valenciana
Comunidad Valenciana

Capital	Valencia
Official languages	Valencian (Catalan) and Castilian (Spanish)
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 valenci?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

Valencian Community (Catalan Comunitat Valenciana, Spanish Comunidad Valenciana) is an autonomous community (comunidad aut?oma in Spanish, or, in Catalan, comunitat aut?oma) in the east of Spain. It is historically the Valencian Country (Pa? Valenci?/em> in Catalan, Pa? Valenciano in Spanish).

Its languages are Spanish (Castilian) and Valencian (a dialect of Catalan).

Major cities and notable towns include:

• Valencia (Catalan Val?cia), capital of the province of the same name, famous festival of the Fallas in March 19.
• Castell? de la Plana (Catalan Castell?de la Plana), capital of the province of the same name.
• Alicante (Catalan Alacant), capital of the province of the same name, famous for its hard nougat or turr? duro (Catalan torr?dur).
• Jijona (Catalan Xixona), famous for its soft nougat or turr? de Jijona (Catalan torr?de Xixona).
• Elche (Catalan 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.
• Vilareal, important producer of ceramics and brick.
• Elda, important producer of shoes.
• Bu?l (Catalan Bunyol) famous for the Tomatina, on the last wednesday of August.

The Comunidad Valenciana includes the provinces of:

• Castell?/Castell?/A>
• Valencia/Val?cia
• Alicante/Alacant

Major rivers:

• Turia (Catalan T?ia)
• J?ar (Catalan X?uer)
• Segura

Autonomous communities of Spain
Andalusia	Aragon	Asturias	Balearic Is	Basque Country	Canary Is
Cantabria	Castile-La Mancha	Castile-Leon	Catalonia	Extremadura	Galicia
La Rioja	Madrid	Murcia	Navarre	Valencia	Plazas de soberanía