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Among several Iberian archaeologic sites, La Serreta (near Alcoy) is noteworthy as the location of the longest inscriptions ever found in the (still undeciphered) Iberian language. During the same period, the Phoenicians (in Guardamar) and Greeks (along the coast north of Alicante city) created coastal colonies and interacted with the Iberians.
Today it is known for its hotel industry, beaches, and skyscrapers and receives as many tourists from abroad as from Spain. According to the 2020 census, Benidorm has a permanent population of 70,450 inhabitants, making it the fifth-most populous town in the Alicante province and the ninth in Valencian Community .
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 (/ 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.
On 12 July 2013, the name of the airport was officially changed from Aeropuerto de Alicante to Aeropuerto de Alicante–Elche [14] with the IATA airport code (ALC) remaining unchanged. In 2015, the number of passengers increased by 5,1% to 10,574,484. The passenger traffic has increased in every year since 2000, with the exception of 2009, 2012 ...
The beach from above Playa Flamenca is a locality and beach, 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) south of the town of Torrevieja in the municipality of Orihuela in the Province of Alicante , eastern Spain . The market there sells a range of items from shoes, clothing, belts and purses to vegetables.
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This category is for municipalities in the province of Alicante, part of the autonomous community of Valencia, in the country of Spain.. The country of Spain is administratively divided into seventeen autonomous communities (comunidades autónomas), and five enclaves of sovereignty (plazas de soberanía) on the African coast, which include the two autonomous cities (ciudades autónomas) of ...