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La Romana
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Key facts
- Country
- Spain
- Autonomous community
- Valencian Community
- Province
- Alicante
- Comarca
- Vinalopó Mitjà
- Judicial district
- Novelda
- Mayor
- Manuel Hernández Riquelme ( PP )
- Total
- 43.3 km (16.7 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 480 m (1,570 ft)
- Density
- 63.0/km (163/sq mi)
- Demonym s
- Romaners, Romaneros
- Time zone
- UTC+1 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+2 ( CEST )
- Postal code
- 03669
- Official language s
- Valencian , Spanish
- Website
- Official website
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
La Romana ( Valencian pronunciation: [la roˈmana]) is a village of some 2,500 people, located in the foothills of the Serra del Reclot, in the comarca of Vinalopó Mitjà, a few kilometres from l’Alguenya and several kilometres from el Fondó de les Neus and Novelda, in the autonomous community of Valencia, southern Spain.
The village is surrounded by countryside where vineyards and almond orchards are grown. The area is also noted for the number of quarries producing marble and limestone. There are a number of cave dwellings around La Romana which are still in use, many having been converted into modern homes. The main village is set out on a grid pattern of mostly one-way streets, with very few buildings higher than one storey, with clean, tree lined streets.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “La Romana” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.