Alicante on the Costa Blanca

20 December 2011 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  8 minutes

Harbour with Castle of Santa Bárbara © flickr.com - Juan J. Martínez" title="Harbour with Castle of Santa Bárbara © flickr.com - Juan J. Martínez

Harbour with Castle of Santa Bárbara © flickr.com – Juan J. Martínez

Alicante is a city in Spain, the capital of the Province of Alicante and of the comarca of Alacantí, in the south of the Valencian Community. It is also a historic Mediterranean port. The population of the city of Alicante proper was 334,418, estimated as of 2010, ranking as the second-largest Valencian city. Including nearby municipalities, Alicante conurbation was populated by 458,843 residents. Population of the metropolitan area (including Elche and satellite towns) was 769,284 as of 2010 estimates, ranking as the eighth-largest metropolitan area of Spain.   read more…

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