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Industrial city (wine, fruit, chemicals,
textiles, ship repair) in Valencia region, E
Spain; population (1986) 739,000. The
Valencian Community, consisting of Alicante,
Castellon, and Valencia, has an area of
23,300 sq km/8,994 sq mi and a population of
3,772,000. Valencia was ruled by El Cid
1094-99, after he recaptured it from the
Moors. There is a cathedral of the 13th-15th
centuries and a university 1500.