Province of Valencia

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Map of the province of Valencia and its main towns. The first crown of Valencia metropolitan area is drawn in dark brown.

Valencia (Spanish: [baˈlenθja]) or València (Valencian: [vaˈlensia]) is a province of Spain, in the central part of the Valencian Community.

It is bordered by the provinces of Alicante, Albacete, Cuenca, Teruel, Castellón, and the Mediterranean Sea. The northwestern side of the province is in the mountainous Sistema Ibérico area.

Part of its territory, the Rincón de Ademuz, is an exclave sandwiched between the provinces of Cuenca and Teruel.

Of the province's 2,587,503 people, one-third live in the capital, Valencia, which is also the capital of the autonomous community. There are 265 municipalities in the province. See List of municipalities in Valencia.

The province is historically subdivided into comarques:

El Camp de Túria
El Camp de Morvedre
La Canal de Navarrés
La Costera
La Foia de Bunyol
L'Horta de València

La Plana de Utiel
El Rincón de Ademuz
La Ribera Alta
La Ribera Baixa
La Safor
Els Serrans
La Vall d'Albaida
La Vall de Cofrents

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Coordinates: 39°20′N 0°50′W / 39.333°N 0.833°W / 39.333; -0.833

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