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VALENCIA
Valencia may refer to:
Spain
- Valencia (city) is a major city in Spain, located on the Mediterranean coast. Several different territorial divisions in Spain, centred on the city of Valencia, have been called Valencia:
- Valencia (autonomous community), an autonomous community.
- Valencia (province), a province in that autonomous community.
- Valencia (taifa), a taifa or Moorish kingdom.
- Kingdom of Valencia, a historical name of the modern autonomous community. Its origin is the ancient kingdom created by James I of Aragon in the 13th century (see Kings of Aragon). It was also used by Spain as an administrative denomination from 1833 to 1939.
- The Diocese of Valencia, elevated in 1492 to Archdiocese of Valencia, elevated to metropolitan see in 1492, presides the ecclesiastical province of Valencia.
Other places in Spain named Valencia include:
Finally, the region has lent its name to several things associated with it:
Places in the rest of the world
- Latin America
- Philippines
- United States
See also
See Valentia, Valença and Valence for cognate placenames elsewhere.
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