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'''Valencia''' ({{IPAc-en|v|ə|ˈ|l|ɛ|n|s|i|ə}}; {{IPA|es|baˈlenθja|lang|Pronunciation of Valencia in Spanish.ogg}}; officially in {{lang-ca-valencia|'''València'''}} {{IPA|ca-valencia|vaˈlensia|}}) is the capital of the [[Province of Valencia|province]] and [[Autonomous communities of Spain|autonomous community]] of [[Valencian Community|the same name]] in Spain. It is the [[Ranked lists of Spanish municipalities|third-most populated municipality]] in the country, with 807,693 inhabitants (2023);<ref name=ine2023/> 2,522,383 inhabitants live within the metropolitan area.<ref name="AjuntamentDeValencia">{{Cite web |url = https://www.valencia.es/val/estadistica/cataleg-de-publicacions?p_p_id=EstadisticaCatalogo_INSTANCE_9NVaM7N6ZUpB&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=normal&p_p_mode=view&_EstadisticaCatalogo_INSTANCE_9NVaM7N6ZUpB_IDCatalogo=11873537&_EstadisticaCatalogo_INSTANCE_9NVaM7N6ZUpB_jspPage=%2Fcatalogo_publicaciones.jsp&_EstadisticaCatalogo_INSTANCE_9NVaM7N6ZUpB_serie=51 |title = Padró d'habitants 2020. Municipis de l'Àrea Metropolitana |author = Ajuntament de Valencia |access-date = 1 May 2024 |archive-date = 5 April 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230405010058/https://www.valencia.es/val/estadistica/cataleg-de-publicacions?p_p_id=EstadisticaCatalogo_INSTANCE_9NVaM7N6ZUpB&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=normal&p_p_mode=view&_EstadisticaCatalogo_INSTANCE_9NVaM7N6ZUpB_IDCatalogo=11873537&_EstadisticaCatalogo_INSTANCE_9NVaM7N6ZUpB_jspPage=/catalogo_publicaciones.jsp&_EstadisticaCatalogo_INSTANCE_9NVaM7N6ZUpB_serie=51 |url-status = live }}</ref><ref name="DG">{{Cite web |url = https://apps.fomento.gob.es/CVP/handlers/pdfhandler.ashx?idpub=BAW087 |title = Áreas Urbanas en España, 2021 |author = Dirección General de Vivienda y Suelo |access-date = 1 May 2024 |archive-date = 30 December 2021 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211230104227/https://apps.fomento.gob.es/CVP/handlers/pdfhandler.ashx?idpub=BAW087 |url-status = dead }}</ref> It is located on the banks of the [[Turia (river)|Turia]], on the east coast of the [[Iberian Peninsula]] on the [[Mediterranean Sea]].
Valencia was founded as a [[Roman Republic|Roman]] colony in 138 BC under the name {{ill|''Valentia Edetanorum''|es}}. After the fall of the [[Western Roman Empire]], Valencia became part of the [[Visigothic Kingdom]] from 546 AD and 711 AD. [[Al-Andalus|Islamic rule]] and acculturation ensued in the 8th century, together with the introduction of new irrigation systems and crops. The [[Crown of Aragon|Aragonese]] Christian conquest took place in 1238, and so the city became the capital of the [[Kingdom of Valencia]]. The city's population thrived in the 15th century, owing to trade with the rest of the Iberian Peninsula, Italian ports, and other Mediterranean locations, becoming one of the largest European cities by the end of the century. Already harmed by the emergence of the [[Atlantic World]] trade in detriment to Mediterranean trade in global trade networks, along with insecurity created by [[Barbary pirates|Barbary piracy]] throughout the 16th century, the city's economic activity experienced a crisis upon the [[expulsion of the Moriscos]] in 1609. The city became a major [[silk]] manufacturing centre in the 18th century. During the [[Spanish Civil War]], the city served as the accidental seat of the Spanish Government from 1936 to 1937.<ref>{{Cite web |title=History of Valencia |url=https://whc.unesco.org/archive/websites/valencia/us/city/pgs/cit.history.htm |access-date=13 June 2023 |website=whc.unesco.org |archive-date=23 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141023220304/https://whc.unesco.org/archive/websites/valencia/us/city/pgs/cit.history.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>
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