Valencia is a province in the east of Spain, located in the center of the Valencian Community. The provincial capital is Valencia. It has an area of 10 763 km2 and a population of 2,547,986 inhabitants with 266 municipalities. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the east and the provinces of Castellón and Teruel to the north, Cuenca and Albacete to the west and Alicante to the south. In 2007,70% of the inhabitants of the province lived in the metropolitan area of the capital. Apart from Valencia city, other prominent municipalities are Torrente, Gandía, Paterna, Sagunto, Alcira, Onteniente, Játiva, Liria, Requena and Buñol. See Annex: Municipalities of the province of Valencia.
He has 15 seats in the Congress of Deputies and 40 in the Valencian Parliament.