Almussafes

Almussafes (Spanish: Almusafes) is a municipality in the comarca of Ribera Baixa in the Valencian Community, Spain.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Almussafes
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality
Settlement.image_skyline: Ajuntament_d%27Almussafes.JPG
Settlement.image_caption: Almussafes town hall
Settlement.image_shield: Escut_d%27Almussafes.svg
Settlement.pushpin_map: Spain
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Spain
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Autonomous community
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Valencia
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Comarca
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Ribera Baixa
Settlement.subdivision_type4: Judicial district
Settlement.subdivision_name4: Carlet
Settlement.elevation_m: 30
Settlement.area_total_km2: 10.77
Settlement.population_demonyms: Almussafenc, almussafenca

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Almussafes (Spanish: Almusafes) is a municipality in the comarca of Ribera Baixa in the Valencian Community, Spain.

==History== Almussafes was originally a Muslim hamlet, consisting of several farmhouses and a tower. There was a customs office there (in Arabic Masaf (), from which the name of the town comes: Almasaf) to collect the transit rights of the merchandise entering and leaving the neighboring city of Valencia. In 1672, it was separated from the Benifaió municipality.

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