Carcaixent

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Carcaixent

Total population

20,506

Coordinates39.12°, -0.45°

Demographic figures from INE (Spain). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Carcaixent is a town and municipality in the province of Valencia, eastern Spain, with c. 20,000 inhabitants. Its origins go back to prehistoric Iberian and Roman times, with some remainders in its area. It is located in the Ribera Alta comarca, 40 km south of the provincial capital Valencia. It is the birthplace of the orange growth and its flourishing commerce in the 19th and 20th centuries. Currently, its inhabitants live basically on agriculture and the service sector.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.