Province of Valencia

Valencia Provincia de Valencia (Spanish) Província de València (Valencian)
Province
Province of Valencia
Typical Valencian house (barraca) in l'Albufera.
Coat of arms
Map of Spain with Province of Valencia highlighted
Coordinates: 39°20′N 0°50′W / 39.333°N 0.833°W / 39.333; -0.833
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[1]
• Rank	Ranked
	5.45% of Spain
Demonym	Valencians
Official language(s)	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.