Torrevieja
Torrevieja | |
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Beach promenade in Torrevieja | |
Location of Torrevieja | |
| Coordinates: 37°58′40″N 0°41′0″W / 37.97778°N 0.68333°W | |
| Country | Spain |
| Autonomous community | Valencian Community |
| Province | Alicante / Alacant |
| Comarca | Vega Baja del Segura |
| Judicial district | Torrevieja |
| Founded | 19th century |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | José Manuel Dolón García (2015) (LV) |
| Area | |
• Total | 71.44 km2 (27.58 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 7 m (23 ft) |
| Population (2018) | |
• Total | 82,599 |
| • Density | 1,200/km2 (3,000/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Torreviejan •"torrevellenc, -a" (va) •torrevejense (es) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 03181 a 03188 |
| Dialing code | 965 and 966 |
| Official language(s) | Spanish |
| Website | www |
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Torrevieja (Spanish: [toreˈβjexa] ⓘ; is a Mediterranean-seaside city and municipality on the Costa Blanca, in the province of Alicante, Valencian Community, in southeastern Spain. The city is in one of the only Spanish-speaking areas of the Valencian Community.
Torrevieja lies about 50 kilometres south of the city of Alicante and had a population of around 90.1k residents as of the 2011 census; the latest official estimate (2019) is 83.3k inhabitants. Torrevieja was originally a salt-mining and fishing village, as it is located between the Mediterranean Sea and two large pink salt lakes known as Las Salinas de Torrevieja.