Valencia

Valencia is the capital of the Spanish independent community of Valencia and the province of Valencia. Valencia is the third biggest metropolis in Spain and a developed area on the Costa del Azahar of Spain. The approximated population of the city of Valencia was 807,396 which is counted by the census of 2006. The total Population of the city area of Valencia was 1,012,000 as the census of the year 2000.The Population of the urban part of Valencia was 1,807,396 as of 2006 calculation.

Valencia is a city which is considered under a Mediterranean climate area including a warm and dry summers and comparatively mild winters. The actual Latin name of the Valencia was Valentia which means 'Strength' as well as 'Vigor'. In the ruling period of the Muslim Empires in Spain, Valencia was widely known as Balansiya. The word is an Arabic word. By a regular changing pattern the name of Balansiya changed into Valencia.

The state of Valencia is the biggest of the three major communities which go to construct the Valencian community. Valencia is located in the middle of the Spain�s Mediterranean line. Valencia dominates the very large Gulf of Valencia and is bordered at the back by a grouping of medium mounts and fields conducting to the domains of Castile-La Mancha and Aragon. Valencia is placed at the opposite side of the Balearic Islands and equal side from the two major decision-taking centers of the country named as Barcelona and Madrid. Valencia is recognized by the Mediterranean Sea as the culture coming from the old Mare Nostrum is apparent in its forms of social conduct.

Valencia is the thickly inhabited town in the Valencian community as Valencia is surrounded by a wide band of medium classified domestic districts that build a not ploughed settled portion with a medium amount of 1,600 dwellers per square kilometer area. The major attractions around the city of Valencia are situated in the old quarter.

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