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Alicante (Alacant in Valencian) is a province in the autonomous community of Valencia, Spain, that is divided into 141 municipalities. As of the 2023 [update] Spanish census, the province is the 5th largest by population , with 1,952,291 inhabitants, [ 1 ] and the 41st largest by land area, spanning 5,817 km 2 (2,246 sq mi). [ 2 ]
Pinoso (Spanish:), officially Pinoso / El Pinós (in Spanish and Valencian) [2] is a traditional [clarification needed] town which sits located in the mountainous countryside of the Alicante/Murcia border (at some 56 km from Alacant). This traditional town is renowned for the production of fine wines, rock salt and marble.
Alicante (/ ˌ æ l ɪ ˈ k æ n t i /, also UK: /-t eɪ /, [3] US: / ˌ æ l ɪ ˈ k ɑː n t i, ˌ ɑː l-/; [4] Spanish:; Valencian: Alacant; officially: Alicante / Alacant) is a city and municipality in the Valencian Community, Spain. It is the capital of the province of Alicante and a historic Mediterranean port.
By the last years of the 6th century BC, the rival armies of Carthage and Rome began to invade and fight for control of the Iberian Peninsula. The Carthaginian general Hamilcar Barca carried out his Iberian conquests in 237–228 BC, and established the fortified settlement of Ákra Leukḗ, or Akra Leuce, [10] (Greek: Ἀκρα Λευκή, meaning "White Citadel" or "White Promontory"), [11 ...
Alicante (/ ˌ æ l ɪ ˈ k æ n t i /, also UK: /-t eɪ /, [2] US: / ˌ æ l ɪ ˈ k ɑː n t i, ˌ ɑː l-/; [3] Spanish:; Valencian: Alacant; officially: Alicante / Alacant) is a province of eastern Spain, in the southern part of the Valencian Community. It is the second most populated Valencian province.
The main airport of the province of Alicante (Alicante–Elche Miguel Hernández Airport) is located inside Elche's municipality, and it serves both Elche and Alicante, being the fifth-busiest airport in Spain. Together with Alicante and other municipalities, Elche forms a conurbation of some 800,000 inhabitants.
Alicante is a city and port in Spain on the Costa Blanca, the capital of the province of Alicante and of the comarca of Alacantí. Alicante may also refer to:
Cañada (Spanish:) or La Canyada (Valencian: [la kaˈɲaða]) is a Spanish municipality in the comarca of Alt Vinalopó, province of Alicante, Valencian Community. References [ edit ]