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Alicante

Alicante (in Valencian and Catalan: Alacant) is the capital of the province of Alicante, located in Valencia in southeastern Spain, bordering the Mediterranean Sea. Alicante is an important port and a population of 322,431 inhabitants in 2006 (325,797 according to the Statistics Department of the City Hall in 2005). The town of Alicante has 434,505 inhabitants and the metropolitan area of Alicante-Elche in Account No. 725 395.

Alicante is a city that thrives on faster in Spain. Its economy is based on the services sector (the important role of tourism and administrative services). Alicante exports wine, olive oil and fruit and has light industries including agro-food, leather, textiles and pottery. The specialties are turrones (turrón, nougat) and paella.

Alicante has a port (mainly commercial, recreational and destination cruises), and an international airport. Among the notable features include the Santa Barbara Castle, perched on a cliff above the city. It was on a mountain of 169 m and it is the image of the city. Also there are impressive buildings like City Hall, The Concatedral St. Nicolas, the churches of St. Mary and the Holy Face, Main Theatre, Central Market, the Palau de la Diputación, Carbonell House and the House of Witches .

The most important festival is "the Fogueres Sant Joan" (bonfires of Saint John), better known as the Hogueras, which takes place over several days and whose height is 24 June with the burning of the statues characters made up for the occasion. The party is represented by a queen who is called "Bellea del Foc" ("Beauty of Fire").

Alicante is the headquarters of the Office for Harmonization in the European internal market for brands, designs and models.

Climate Alicante

Alicante is a city in the arid Mediterranean climate with temperatures sustained throughout the year and sunshine. However the lift tends to relativize the weather very mild. The average temperature is 11 ° in winter and 26 ° in summer. Precipitation is clustered on short periods, most of all the months of September and October and ocassionent flooding.

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