Vall de Alcalá
| Vall d'Alcalá | ||
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 Location of Vall de Alcalá within the Comunidad Valenciana |
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 Location of Vall de Alcalá within Marina Alta |
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| Coordinates: 38°47′40″N 0°15′10″W / 38.79444°N 0.25278°W | ||
| Area | ||
| • Total | 24.40 km2 (9.42 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 637 m (2,090 ft) | |
| Demonym(s) | Alcalanero, -a | |
| Official language(s) | Valencian | |
| Website | Official website | |
La Vall d'Alcalà (Valencian pronunciation: [la ˈvaʎ daɫkaˈla], Spanish: Valle de Alcalá [ˈbaʎe ðe alkaˈla]) is a valley in the Marina Alta region of Alicante, Spain.
The area contains two villages: Alcalà de la Jovada and Beniaia. In the past, there were also another five villages, some of them uninhabited or in ruins; they were: Criola, Benialí, Benixarco, La Roca and La Adsubia/L'Atzúvia (Benialí is not to be confused by an existing village of the same name, found in the neighbouring valley of Gallinera).
According to the 2005 census, Alcalà and Beniaia's inhabitants add up to a total of 165. Until the 1950s the villages had well over 500 inhabitants (642 in 1910), but a steady decline started in the 1960s as families emigrated to the nearby large towns of Pego, Oliva, Gandia, Muro d'Alcoi, Cocentaina and Alcoi.
The village of Vall d'Alcalà is very famous for being the birthplace of Al-Azraq, a Moorish Commander who signed an important treaty with King James I of Aragon in 1245, known as the Al-Azraq Treaty of 1245, locally known as the 'Tractat del Pouet' ('Treaty of the little well') because it was signed beside a small water source just outside the village.
Al-Azraq famously betrayed the treaty in 1245 and 1258 when he unsuccessfully tried to defeat James I's army. The battles are still remembered today all around the region, when towns gather to watch Moros i Cristians or 'Moors and Christians' parades. The ones held in Alcoi are by far the most famous and spectacular, and is televised live on Canal Nou television as well as occasionally on state channel TVE.
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