Ayora

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Ayora

Location

Coordinates : 39°3′30″N, 1°3′26″W
Time zone : CET (GMT +1)
- summer : CEST (GMT +2)

General information

Native name

Ayora (Spanish)

Spanish name

Ayora

Administration

Country

Spain

Autonomous Community

Valencian Community

Province

Valencia

Comarca

Valle de Ayora Cofrentes

Geography

Land Area

446.58 km²

Altitude

641 m AMSL

Population

Population

5,492 (2006)

Density

12.3 hab./km² (2006)

Ayora is a municipality in the comarca of Valle de Ayora Cofrentes in the Valencian Community, Spain. It lies in the inland part of the Valencian Community on the border of the provinces of Albacete and Alicante.

The Valley of Ayora runs between the mountain ranges of Palomera and Mugrón to the west, and the Tooth of Cuts of Pallás and the bulk of Caroig. Its landscape consists of numerous forest tracks crossing the valleys and bordering the mountains. It contains a number of tourist attractions: the Cave of Don Juan, the Ayora Castle, the Parish church of Our Lady of the Ascension, Hermitages, the Iberian town of the Castellar of Meca, Cave paintings (Cave La Vieja), La Hunde and the rivers Cabriel and Júcar. The region contains a rich variety of fauna and flora and resembles a typical landscape of inland Mediterranean zones.

The gastronomy of Ayora include gazpacho ayorino, a local variety of gazpacho and local paellas which consist of a combination of a variety of seafood and animal meat such as chicken or rabbit.