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:

• Valencia de Alcántara
• Valencia de las Torres, province of Badajoz
• Valencia del Mombuey, province of Badajoz
• Valencia del Ventoso, province of Badajoz
• Circuit de Valencia motor racing circuit

Finally, the region has lent its name to several things associated with it:

• Valencia orange
• Valencia peanut
• Valencia Football Club
• Polytechnic University of Valencia
• Universitat de València
• Valencia, a punk band from the United States
• Valencia, a book by Michelle Tea
• SS Valencia, a steamship wrecked in 1906

Places in the rest of the world

Latin America

• Valencia, Los Ríos in Ecuador
• Valencia, Carabobo in Venezuela
• Valencia de Fuentes in Mexico (state of Guanajuato)

Philippines

• Valencia, Bohol
• Valencia City, Bukidnon
• Valencia, Negros Oriental

United States

• Valencia, California
• Valencia, New Mexico
• Valencia, Pennsylvania
• Valencia County, New Mexico
• Valencia West, Arizona
• Valencia Community College (higher education in the state of Florida)

See also

See Valentia, Valença and Valence for cognate placenames elsewhere.

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