Benaguasil

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Benaguasil is a municipality in the Land of València, Spain, situated in the Camp de Túria comarca.

Contents

1 Geography

2 History

[edit] Geography

Benaguasil is situated at the left side of the Túria or Guadalaviar river, 25 kilometers from the capital of València. Bordering cities: Llíria, la Pobla de Vallbona, Riba-roja de Túria, Vilamarxant and Pedralba. They are all in the country of Valencia. It sits at an altitude of 100 m. The population in 2005 totalled approximately 10,000.

The traditional economy is based on agriculture with onions and oranges as important crops. But industries such as textiles and construction materials are becoming increasingly important.

The local Festes are Falles (15-20 March), and Festes de Montiel (8 September).

[edit] History

Benaguasil was built by an important Arabic family, al-Wazir, over the ruins of a Roman villa. This category is for municipalities in the province of Valencia, one of the three provinces which make up the autonomous community of Valencia, in the country of Spain.

The country of Spain is administratively divided into seventeen autonomous communities (comunidades autónomas), and five enclaves of sovereignty (plazas de soberanía) on the African coast, which include the two autonomous cities (ciudades autónomas) of Ceuta and Melilla).

These seventeen autonomous communities group together and preserve some fifty Provinces {provincias), which have an older historical formation.

Within each autonomous community/province are numerous local government divisions, or municipalities, generally centered around a city, town, village or rural area.