Valencia (esp)

Valencia

Valencia ranks 150th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Memphis, Tennessee, Osaka, and Belfast. Memorable people born in Valencia include Pope Alexander VI, Jusepe de Ribera, and Peter III of Aragon. Memorable people who died in Valencia include El Cid, Vincent of Saragossa, and Solomon ibn Gabirol. Valencia has been the birth place of many soccer players, and politicians and the death place of many soccer players, and religious figures. Valencia is located in Spain.

Valencia, officially València, is the capital of the province and autonomous community of the same name in Spain. It is located on the banks of the Turia, on the east coast of the Iberian Peninsula on the Mediterranean Sea. With a population of 824,340, it is the 3rd-largest city in Spain. The urban area of Valencia has 1.6 million people while the metropolitan region has 2.5 million. Read more on Wikipedia