Province of Valencia

Valencia

*Provincia de Valencia* (Spanish)
*Província de València* (Valencian)
Valencia Provincia de Valencia (Spanish); Província de València (Valencian)
Province
	Province of Valencia
	Palau de la Batlia, headquarters of the Provincial Council
	Coat of arms
	Map of Spain with Province of Valencia highlighted
	Coordinates: 39°28′38″N 0°22′36″W / 39.47722°N 0.37667°W
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Valencian Community
Capital	Valencia
Area
• Total	10,763 km2 (4,156 sq mi)
• Rank	Ranked
	2.13% of Spain
Population (2013)
• Total	2,547,986
• Rank	Ranked
	5.45% of Spain
Demonym	Valencians
Official languages	Spanish and Valencian
Parliament	Cortes Generales

Valencia (Spanish: [baˈlenθja]), natively also València (Valencian: [vaˈlensi.a, -sja]), is a province of Spain, in the central part of the autonomous Valencian Community. Of the province's 2.6 million people (2021),^[1] one-third live in the capital, Valencia, which is also the capital of the autonomous community and the 3rd biggest city in Spain, with a metropolitan area of 2,522,383 people it is also one of the most populated cities of Southern Europe.^[2] There are 265 municipalities in the province.

^ ^a ^b Population Figures referring to Municipal Register 1 January 2018 Archived 6 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine - Instituto Nacional de Estadística. (National Statistics Institute)
^ "Eurostat - Data Explorer". Archived from the original on 2013-05-07.