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|+''Comunitat Valenciana'' |- | bgcolor="#ffffff" align=center colspan=2 | |- | bgcolor="#c6c6c6" align="center" colspan="2" | |- | Capital | Valencia |- | Official Language s | Valencian ( Catalan ) and Castilian (Spanish) |- | Area – total – % of Spain | Ranked 8th 23,255 Km&2 4.6% |- | Population – Total (2005) – % of Spain – Density | Ranked 4th 4,692,449 10.6% 201.78/km&2 |- | Demonym – English – Valencian – Castilian | Valencian ''valencià/valenciana'' ''valenciano/valenciana'' |- | Statute of Autonomy | July 10 , 1982 |- | ISO 3166-2 | VC |- | Parliamentary representation Congress Seats Senate Seats | valign=bottom | 32 5 |- | valign=top | President | Francisco Enrique Camps Ortiz ( PP ) |- | align=center colspan=2 | Public organization of the autonomous community: Generalitat Valenciana |} Valencia, '''Valencian Country''', '''Land of Valencia''', '''Valencian Community''' or '''Region of Valencia''' (''Comunitat Valenciana'' or ''País Valencià'' in Catalan , ''Comunidad Valenciana'' or ''País Valenciano'' in Spanish ) is an Autonomous Community in eastern Spain . Between the Sénia and Segura rivers, it has 518 kilometers of coastline on the Mediterranean and covers 23,255 km&2 of land with 4.5 million inhabitants (ca. 2004). Valencia also administers the coastal Columbretes Islands and Nova Tabarca . To a high degree, these borders reflect those of the historic Kingdom Of Valencia . Valencia's s Castilian (name given to Spanish) and Valencian (name given to Catalan ). Although the Spanish Constitution Of 1978 obligates citizens to know Spanish throughout Spain, the statute grants Catalan special protected status, referring to it as the autonomous community's "own language" (''llengua pròpia''). The origins of Valencia date back to the former Kingdom Of Valencia , which came into existence in the 13th Century . James I "the Conqueror" led Catalan and Aragonese colonization of the Islam ic '' Taifa s'' of Valencia and Dénia . The first attempt to gain self-government for Valencian Country in modern-day Spain was during the 2nd Spanish Republic , in 1936 year, but the Civil War broke out and the Valencian autonomist project was suspended. Recently there has been bipartisn movement toward reforming the Valencian statute of autonomy to officially recognize Valencia as a Nationality . Traditionally the land is divided into '', València , and Alacant .
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