Orihuela
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| Motto: Muy Noble, Leal y Siempre Fiel Ciudad de Orihuela | |||
 Orihuela
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| Coordinates: 38°5′8″N 0°56′49″W / 38.08556°N 0.94694°WCoordinates: 38°5′8″N 0°56′49″W / 38.08556°N 0.94694°W | |||
| Country |
 Spain
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| Autonomous community |
 Valencian Community
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| Province | Alicante | ||
| Comarca | Vega Baja del Segura | ||
| Judicial district | Orihuela | ||
| Government | |||
| • Alcalde | José Antonio Bascuñana (from 2015) (People's Party) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 365.44 km2 (141.10 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 236 m (774 ft) | ||
| Population | |||
| • Total | 92,000 | ||
| • Density | 250/km2 (650/sq mi) | ||
| Demonym(s) | Oriolano/a, Orcelitano/a | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Postal code | 03300 (centro), 03189 (costa), and in their parishes: 03310-03318, 03320, 03369, 03689. | ||
| Official language(s) | Spanish | ||
| Website | Official website | ||
Orihuela (Spanish pronunciation: [oriˈwela], Valencian: Oriola [oɾiˈɔla]) is a city and municipality located at the feet of the Sierra de Orihuela mountains in the province of Alicante, Spain. The city of Orihuela had a population of 33,943 inhabitants at the beginning of 2013. The municipality has a total 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 centre (urbanización turística) of Dehesa de Campoamor with 33,277 inhabitants (2013) and a few other villages.
The river Segura flows through Orihuela. The city was settled by Romans who called it Orcelis and subsequently Aurariola.
Orihuela is the capital of the region of the "Vega Baja del Segura" (natural region of the Segura River); it has been the capital of a province and even of a kingdom. The city was named the first city of the province of Alicante, 11 September 1437.
In 576 it was the capital of the Visigothic province of Aurariola, to which it gave its name. In 713 (5 April) the military man and Count Teodomiro, proclaimed himself King of Tudmir.
In 825 the Kingdom of Tudmir, became a dependent kingdom under Umayyad control, and the capital was moved to Murcia. In 910 the Kingdom of Tudmir passed to the Emirate of Cordova.
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