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Key facts
- Country
- Spain
- Autonomous community
- Valencian Community
- Province
- Alicante
- Comarca
- Baix Vinalopó
- Body
- Ajuntament
- Alcaldessa mayoress
- Loreto Serrano Pomares ( PP )
- Total
- 58.6 km (22.6 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 6 m (20 ft)
- Density
- 65,020/km (168,400/sq mi)
- Demonyms
- santapoler , - a ( Val. ) , santapolero / a , also icositano / a ( Sp. )
- Official language s
- Valencian Spanish
- Linguistic area
- Valencian
- Postal code
- 03130
- Website
- www .santapola .es
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Santa Pola is a coastal town and municipality located in the comarca of Baix Vinalopó in the Valencian Community, Spain, by the Mediterranean Sea. It has an area of 58.6 km (23 sq mi) and has a population of 36,174 inhabitants of whom 6,000 are residents of the nearby town of Gran Alacant.
The town has an important salt evaporation pond known as the salines which remains in business, additionally, most of it is recognized as the Natural Park of Salines de Santa Pola, an important Ramsar site. The town was settled over the ruins of a Roman village called Portus Illicitanus (literally, "Harbour of Elche"); after being abandoned for decades, then a castle was constructed in the 16th century which marked the repopulation of Santa Pola. The town has an archeological museum covering these phases.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Santa Pola” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.