Chat in Valencia

Valencia is a municipality and a city of Spain, capital of the homonymous province and of the Valencian Community. With a population of 791 413 inhabitants, which rises to 1 550 885 inhabitants if its urban space is included, it is the third city and most populated metropolitan area in Spain, behind Madrid and Barcelona. Valencia was founded by the Romans as a colony in the year 138 a. C., being consul Tenth June Gross Galaico, and was named Valentia Edetanorum. Several centuries later, in the year 711, the Muslims occupied the city contributing their language, religion and customs, such as the implantation of irrigation systems and the introduction of new crops.

In 1238 the Christian King Jaime I of Aragon reconquered the city, and divided the land among the nobles who helped him to conquer it, as is witnessed in the Llibre del Repartiment, as well as created a new law for the city, the Fueros of Valencia, which were extended to the rest of the kingdom of Valencia. In the eighteenth century, Felipe V repealed the fueros as punishment to the kingdom of Valencia for aligning with the Austrians in the War of Spanish Succession. In 1982 Valencia was established as the capital of the current Valencian Community, as set out in the Statute of Autonomy. The city is located on the banks of the Turia River, on the Levantine coast of the Iberian Peninsula, right in the center of the Gulf of Valencia, although at the time the Romans founded it, it was located on a fluvial island of the Turia, about four kilometers away from the sea.

About ten kilometers south of the city is the Albufera de Valencia, which is owned by the City of Valencia since 1911 when he bought it from the Crown of Spain for 1 072 980.41 pesetas. The lagoon is one of the lakes largest in Spain, as it has about 2100 hectares of land, to which we must add an area of ​​14 100 hectares of marshland dedicated to the cultivation of rice, due to its cultural, historical and ecological value, this natural area It was the first natural park declared by the Valencian Autonomous Government in 1986. At present, the economy of the city is focused on services, since close to 84% of the active working population belongs to the service sector. However, the city maintains an industrial base, with a percentage of the employed population of 5.5%.

On the other hand, agricultural activities, although having a relatively minor importance with only 1.9% of the active working population, persist in the municipal area with a total of 3973 hectares, which are occupied for the most part by crops of orchard and citrus. Its historic center is one of the largest in Spain, with approximately 169 hectares, and thanks to its historical and monumental heritage and its diverse scenic and cultural spaces make it one of the cities with the highest influx of national and international tourism of all the country. Among its most representative monuments are the Miguelete, the Cathedral, the Torres de Serranos and Quart, the Lonja de la Seda, declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1996, and the City of Arts and Sciences.

It should also be noted that the Museum of Fine Arts of Valencia is the most important pictorial museum of the Valencian Community being for its relevance the second pinacoteca of Spain, as well as the Valencian Institute of Modern Art, which aims to investigate and disseminate the art of the twentieth century. Due to its long history, this is a city with innumerable festivals and traditions, among which are faults, which were declared as parties of international tourist interest on January 25,1965 and Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by the UNESCO on November 30,2016, and the Water Tribunal, also declared as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2009. In addition to this, Valencia has been, and is currently, the scene of various world events that have helped shape the city and give it international projection, such as the Regional Exhibition of 1909, the 32nd and the 33rd America's Cup, the Grand Prix of Europe of Formula 1, the Open 500 of tennis, and the Global Champions Tour de Hípica.

Since 2015, the mayor is Joan Ribó, from Coalició Compromís, who came to the town hall thanks to the Government Pact of the Nau, signed for his training with the PSPV and València en Comú.

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