Silla, Valencia

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Silla
Location
Coordinates : 39°21′40″N, 0°24′41″W
Time zone : CET (GMT +1)
- summer : CEST (GMT +2)
General information
Native name Silla (Valencian)
Spanish name Silla
Administration
Country Spain
Autonomous Community Valencian Community
Province Valencia
Comarca Horta Sud
Geography
Land Area 25.03 km²
Altitude 8 m AMSL
Population
Population 18,756 (2006)
Density 749 hab./km² (2006)

Silla is a municipality in the comarca of Horta Sud in the Valencian Community, Spain.

"Silla" means chair in the Spanish language. The etymology of Silla is not known for sure where it is coming from. Some say that it comes from the Arab Sila, other from the Latin language and others from Catalan meaning "island". From these three theories the most commonly accepted is that it comes from the Latin language as it is proved that there it was a roman cellar where the town is situated now.