VALENCIAN COMMUNITY

WE ARE GOING TO SHOW YOU WHERE WE LIVE...

LOCATION

→ Valencian community is located in the East of Spain.

PROVINCES

→ We have three provinces in the Valencian Community:

-Castellón

-Valencia

-Alicante

CAPITAL CITY

→ The capital city of the Valencian Community is Valencia.

→ And we live in the east of Valencia, in the Horta Nord.

POPULATION→ We have a total population of 4.939.550 people.

→ Valencia: 2.543.209 inhabitants.

→ Castellón: 594.915 inhabitants .

→Alicante:1.891.477 inhabitants.

Flag

→ Its name is: Senyera.

→ The flag of the Valencian Community was formalised in 1982.

CLIMATE→ Our annual average temperature is around 18ºC.

→ On average we only have 44 rain days a year.

→ We also have an average humidity of 65%.

→ We have the chance to enjoy one of the most optimal number of hours of daylight in Europe. An average of 10 or 8 hours.

RELIEF IN OUR COMMUNITY

→ The highest peaks are in the Valencia and Castellon provinces.

→ The most emblematic mountain of our community is called Penyagolosa, in the province of Castellón, it’s 1815 metres high.

OUR COASTS→ Our coasts are free of mountains except from those of El Cap de la

Nau in Alicante and those from Peñíscola in Castellón.

→ We also have wetlands and marshlands:

“El Hondo” (Elche y Crevillent)“L’Albufera” (Valencia)

OUR RIVERS→ There are three rivers:

→ There are three river

“Segura” (Alicante) “Xúquer” (Valencia)

Túria (Valencia)

L’HORTA NORD→ It is an area in Northern

Valencia. It’s really important because it the last piece of land for

agriculture surrounding a big city (Valencia) . Some of our products

from the “Horta Nord” are potatoes, tiger nuts, oranges,

persimmons,etc.

FAUNA→It’s really diverse. There are some freshwater fishes and amphibians. We also

have rapacious birds and aquatic ones too.

FLORA→ The typical vegetation is the Mediterranean Forest with perennial and xerophilous leaves.

GASTRONOMY

→ The most famous dish in Valencia is “Paella”.Ingredients: rice, saffron, chicken and rabbit, flat broad beans and green beans.

→ Another well known dish is “Fideuà”. Ingredients: noodles, saffron, prawns and onions.

STEWSMain ingredients: bones, rice, pork, sausage and vegetables. It is typical

especially in Christmas Day.

OUR SPECIAL SAUCEIt’s called “Allioli” which literally

means garlic and oil because those are the ingredients.

PIESSWEET

→ These are called Coca de Llanda.

SALTY

→ These are usually made of tomato and tuna

STARTERS

→ “Mojama”Ingredients:salted tuna.

→ “Esgarraet” Ingredients: roasted peppers into strips, salted cod crumbs, garlic and oil.

NOUGAT

→ Soft nougat → Hard nougat

Ingredients: sugar, honey, eggs, almonds, lemon and cinnamon

POPULAR DRINKS

→“Orxata”It’s sweet and it’s made of “xufa”

(tiger nuts).

→ “Mistela”

It’s a liqueur made from the mixture of grape and alcohol.

TRADITIONAL FESTIVITIESThe most popular are “Fallas”: people annually build huge (like buildings) beautiful monuments and then as a tradition they burn them in the night of 19th march

“9 D’OCTUBRE”→ We commemorate the entry in the city of Valencia of King James I in 1238.And we eat "marzipan" which

is typical.

TRADITIONAL SONGS

→”La Maredeueta”: https://youtu.be/mPWdnX_-cAA

→The Anthem of Valencia: https://youtu.be/QIGaguPqiMw

→”La manta al coll i el cabasset”: https://youtu.be/8b33EFWxYrI

PLACES TO VISIT IN VALENCIA

“BIOPARC” “OCEANOGRÀFRIC”

“LA CIUDAD DE LAS ARTES Y LAS CIENCIAS”

VALENCIA’S SPORTS

→ This is called “Pilota Valenciana”It’s played with a small ball and with

the hand.

VALENCIA’S LANGUAGES

→We have two languages: spanish and valencian language (catalan).

They have the same origins: Latin.

VALENCIAN CELEBRITIES→ “San Vicente Ferrer”: he was a

dominican philosopher → “Joaquín Sorolla”: he was painter and a graphic artist.

LITERATURE→ “Vicente Blasco Ibañez”: he was a

writer, journalist and politician.

SCIENCE AND MEDICINE→ “Pedro Cavadas”: he is a plastic surgeon. he achieved the first face transplant performed in Spain and the eighth in the world.

MUSIC→ “Concha Piquer”: she was a singer

and a valencian actress.

→ “Nino Bravo”: he became a singer thanks to Eurovision.

CINEMA AND TELEVISION→ “Joaquín Prat”:he was one of the most important presenters of television and radio.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION

BY: Amparo Cabrera, Mario Martínez, Tristán Ferrer and Victoria Bravo