Sagunto

Sagunto Sagunto (Spanish) Sagunt (Valencian)
Municipality
Flag Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 39°40′48″N 0°16′42″W / 39.68000°N 0.27833°W / 39.68000; -0.27833
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Valencian Community
Province	Valencia
Comarca	Camp de Morvedre
Founded	Before 219 BC
Government
• Type	Mayor-council government
• Body	Ayuntamiento de Sagunto
• Mayor	Darío Moreno Lerga (2019-) (PSPV-PSOE)
Area
• Total	132 km2 (51 sq mi)
Elevation	49 m (161 ft)
Population  (2023)[1]
• Total	70,486
• Density	532/km2 (1,380/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Saguntino, saguntina Saguntí, saguntina Morvedrí, morvendrina
Official languages	Spanish Valencian
Website	Official website

Sagunto^[a] (Valencian: Sagunt)^[b][2] is a municipality of Spain, located in the province of Valencia, Valencian Community. It belongs to the modern fertile comarca of Camp de Morvedre. It is located approximately 30 km (19 mi) north of the city of Valencia, close to the Costa del Azahar on the Mediterranean Sea.

It is best known for the remains of the ancient Iberian and Roman city of Saguntum. The siege of Saguntum in 219 BC was the trigger of the Second Punic War between the Carthaginians and the Romans.

The municipality includes three differentiated urban nuclei: Ciutat Vella (Sagunto), Grau Vell [es] and Puerto de Sagunto.^[3] Over half of the population lives in the coastal settlement of Puerto de Sagunto.^[3]

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