Orihuela

Orihuela
Municipality
Flag Coat of arms
Motto(s):  Muy Noble, Leal y Siempre Fiel Ciudad de Orihuela
Location of Orihuela
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Coordinates: 38°5′8″N 0°56′49″W / 38.08556°N 0.94694°W / 38.08556; -0.94694
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Valencian Community
Province	Alicante
Comarca	Vega Baja del Segura
Judicial district	Orihuela
Government
• Alcalde	Carolina Gracia (from 2022) (People's Party)
Area [1]
• Total	384 km2 (148 sq mi)
Elevation	236 m (774 ft)
Population  (2018)[2]
• Total	101,321
• Density	260/km2 (680/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Oriolano/a, Orcelitano/a
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	03300 (centro), 03189 (costa), and in their parishes: 03310-03318, 03320, 03369, 03689.
Official language(s)	Spanish
Website	Official website

Orihuela (Spanish: [oɾiˈwela]) is a city and municipality located at the foot of the Sierra de Orihuela mountains in the province of Alicante, Spain. The city of Orihuela had a population of 33,943 inhabitants at the beginning of 2013. The municipality has an area of 367.19 km², and stretches all the way down to the Mediterranean coast, west of Torrevieja, and had a total population of 92,000 inhabitants at the beginning of 2013. This includes not only the city of Orihuela, but also the coastal tourist development hub (urbanización turística) of Dehesa de Campoamor with 33,277 inhabitants (2013) and a few other villages.^[1]

The river Segura flows through Orihuela. The city was settled by Romans who called it Orcelis and subsequently Aurariola (Latin: "breeze").