Valle de Albaida
| Vall d'Albaida | |||
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 Location of Vall d'Albaida in the Valencian Community |
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| Coordinates: 38°50′30.64″N 0°32′52.59″W / 38.8418444°N 0.5479417°WCoordinates: 38°50′30.64″N 0°32′52.59″W / 38.8418444°N 0.5479417°W | |||
| Country |
 Spain
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| Autonomous community |
 Valencian Community
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| Province | Valencia | ||
| Capital | Ontinyent | ||
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| Area | |||
| • Total | 722.22 km2 (278.85 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2006) | |||
| • Total | 89,798 | ||
| • Density | 120/km2 (320/sq mi) | ||
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| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Largest municipality | Ontinyent | ||
Vall d'Albaida (Valencian pronunciation: [ˈvaʎ dalˈbajða], Spanish: Valle de Albaida) is a comarca in the province of Valencia, Valencian Community, Spain.
Reconquered by the Aragonese king James I of Aragon in the first half of the 13th Century it was heavily populated by Muslims until the Expulsion of the Moriscos from the Kingdom of Valencia in 1609.
The name of the comarca is derived from the Hispano-Arabic word albáyḍa, which in turn is derived from the classical Arabic البيضاء (al-baīḑà’, "The white one"), in reference to the flowering plant Anthyllis cystoides.
Lying approximately 70 km south of the city of Valencia and covering an area of some 722 square kilometers, Vall d'Albaida borders on the north with the comarca of Costera, to the east with Safor, to the south with Comtat and Alcoià, and to the west with Alto Vinalopó, the latter three of which belong to the province of Alicante.
The River Albaida runs through the comarca from south to north.
The area enjoys a typically Mediterranean climate, characterised by hot summers and relatively cold winters, with an average of two snowfalls per year.
Vall d'Albaida has a population of around 90,000 inhabitants (2008).
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