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Alicante

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Also known as Alacant

Alicante or (officially: / ) is a city and municipality in the Valencian Community, Spain. It is the capital of the province of Alicante and a historic Mediterranean port. With a population of 358,608 as of 2024, it is the 2nd-largest city in the Valencian Community and the 10th-largest in Spain.

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Alicante is a major port city on Spain's Mediterranean coast and the capital of the Alicante province, located in the Valencian Community. With nearly 360,000 residents, it ranks as the second-largest city in its region and tenth-largest in Spain, making it an important urban and commercial hub.

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Settlement.name: Alicante
Settlement.official_name: /
Settlement.settlement_type: City and municipality
Settlement.image_flag: Bandera d'Alacant.svg
Settlement.image_shield: Coat of Arms of Alicante City.svg
Settlement.mapframe: yes
Settlement.mapframe zoom: 4
Settlement.map_caption: Location of Alacant / Alicante
Settlement.pushpin_map: Spain Province of Alicante#Spain Valencia#Spain#Europe
Settlement.pushpin_label: Alacant / Alicante
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: right
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Autonomous Community
Settlement.subdivision_name: Spain
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Alacant / Alicante
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Valencian Community
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Province
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Comarca

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Alicante
Demonym: alicantini
Country: Spain
Located in: Province of Alicante
Continent: Europe
Official language: Spanish
Currency: euro
Population: 366221
Area: 201.27
Elevation: 3
Time zone: UTC+02:00
Body of water: Mediterranean Sea
Capital of: Alacantí
Shares border with: El Campello
Official website: www.alicante.es
Image: Vista de Alicante, España, 2014-07-04, DD 49.JPG
Dialing code: 965
Licence plate code: A
Patron saint: Virgin of Los Remedios

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twinned administrative body: León
Commons category: Alicante
postal code: 03000–03016
topic's main category: Category:Alicante
inception: 0231-00-00
social media followers: 26371
category for people born here: Category:Births in Alicante
category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Alicante
category for films shot at this location: Category:Films shot in Alicante
category of associated people: Category:People from Alicante
Commons gallery: Alicante - Alacant
native label: Alacant
female population: 172696
male population: 162191
catalog code: 188
P12749: Alfa Romeo 159
number of viewers/listeners: 1112444

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

Etymology
History
Geography
Climate
Demographics
Administration
Economy
Transport
Main sights
Festivals
Sport
Notable people
Twin towns – sister cities
See also
Notes
References
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Alicante or (officially: / ) is a city and municipality in the Valencian Community, Spain. It is the capital of the province of Alicante and a historic Mediterranean port. With a population of 358,608 as of 2024, it is the 2nd-largest city in the Valencian Community and the 10th-largest in Spain.

Together with Elche (Elx) and other municipalities, Alicante forms a conurbation of nearly 1 million inhabitants.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Alicante” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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