Valencia in Spain: An Autonomous Community on the Mediterranean

The Valencian Community (Comunitat Valenciana) is an autonomous community of Spain (first-level subdivision, like a state).

• Capital: Valencia city.
• Location: Eastern Iberian Peninsula, Mediterranean coast.
• Borders: Catalonia (north), Aragon (west), Castilla–La Mancha (west), Murcia (south).
• Population: ~5 million (4th largest in Spain).

It has its own government (Generalitat), parliament (Corts), and co-official language (Valencian/Catalan). It lies south of Catalonia.