Orihuela | |
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| Motto(s): Muy noble, leal y siempre fiel ciudad de Orihuela | |
 Location of Orihuela | |
  Orihuela  Orihuela | |
| Coordinates: 38°5′8″N 0°56′49″W / 38.08556°N 0.94694°W | |
| Country | Spain |
| Autonomous community | Valencian Community |
| Province | Alicante / Alacant |
| Comarca | Vega Baja del Segura |
| Judicial district | Orihuela |
| Government | |
| • Alcalde | Carolina Gracia (2022) (People's Party) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 384 km2 (148 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 236 m (774 ft) |
| Population (2018)[2] | |
| • Total | 101,321 |
| • Density | 260/km2 (680/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Oriolano/a, Orcelitano/a |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 03300 (centro), 03189 (costa), and in their parishes: 03310-03318, 03320, 03369, 03689. |
| Official language(s) | Spanish |
| Website | Official website |
Orihuela (Spanish: [oɾiˈwela] ; Valencian: Oriola[3][a]) is a city and municipality located at the foot of the Sierra de Orihuela mountains in the province of Alicante, Valencian Community, Spain. The city is in one of the only Spanish-speaking areas of the Valencian Community.
The city of Orihuela had a population of 33,943 inhabitants at the beginning of 2013. The municipality has an area of 367.19 km2, and stretches all the way down to the Mediterranean coast, west of Torrevieja, and had a total population of 92,000 inhabitants at the beginning of 2013. This includes not only the city of Orihuela, but also the coastal tourist development hub (urbanización turística) of Dehesa de Campoamor with 33,277 inhabitants (2013) and a few other villages.[1]
The river Segura flows through Orihuela. The city was settled by Romans who called it Orcelis and subsequently Aurariola (Latin: "breeze").
- ^ a b Población de España – datos y mapas Archived December 18, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
- ^ Corpus Toponímic Valencià. Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. 2009, València.
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