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Valencians (
The
Historical background
In 1237, the Moorish taifa of Valencia was taken by king
The
Moorish presence in the Kingdom of Valencia was very high, making one third of the entire population at the time of the expulsion (the highest proportion in all of Spain). The coexistence between the
Demographics
The Valencian population traditionally concentrated in localities with
), also in harbour cities important to the agricultural trade.The most important population centers used to be, during the Roman times, (Sagunt) or
The population density which is higher in the central and southern lands and minor in the northern and inner ones, is derived from the traditional distribution of people which originated in the orographic characteristics of the Valencian lands and the possibility to obtain irrigated land agriculture. Demographics were also affected by (being perhaps the exception to the mentioned distribution) the great industrial activity and the commerce of agriculturally derived products during the 20th century of noncoastal cities like (Alcoi), Elda, Ontinyent, Petrer, Villena, and La Vall d'Uixó.
In the last years, concentration in the great capitals and its metropolitan areas has augmented considerably (e.g.
Languages
Valencian and Spanish are the official languages of the Valencian Community. Spanish (or Castilian) is the official language of Spain, while Valencian, that is, the varieties of Catalan spoken in the Community, is the language considered by the Statute of Autonomy as llengua pròpia ("native language"). Valencian is traditionally spoken in the densely populated coastal areas rather than inland, where many places have Spanish as their traditional language, also those areas incorporated into the provinces of Alicante and Valencia at their creation in 1833 and which did not form part of the historical Kingdom of Valencia. Consequently, the 1984 Law on the "Use and Education of Valencian" defines certain municipalities as "predominantly Spanish-speaking", and allows them some few optional exceptions as to official use of Valencian, even though the right to use and to receive education in Valencian is guaranteed by the Statute of Autonomy (Art. 6.2) anywhere in Valencia.
Cuisine
Other famous Valencian dishes are the
See also
- List of Valencians
- Valencianism
- Catalan Countries (Catalan-speaking areas)
- Nationalities of Spain
References
- ^ "Interactivo: Creencias y prácticas religiosas en España". La Vanguardia. 2 April 2015.
- ^ Art. 3 of the Valencian Statute of Antonomy: "1. A los efectos de este Estatuto, gozan de la condición política de valencianos todos los ciudadanos españoles que tengan o adquieran vecindad administrativa en cualquiera de los municipios de la Comunitat Valenciana. 2. Los ciudadanos españoles residentes en el extranjero que hayan tenido su última vecindad administrativa en la Comunitat Valenciana y acrediten esta condición en el correspondiente Consulado de España gozarán de los derechos políticos definidos en este Estatuto. Este mismo régimen se aplicará a sus descendientes, inscritos como españoles, si así lo solicitan en los términos en los que lo determine la Ley del Estado. 3. Las comunidades de valencianos asentadas fuera de la Comunitat Valenciana tendrán derecho a solicitar, como tales, el reconocimiento de su valencianidad (...)"
- ^ Art. 1 of the Valencian Statute of Antonomy: "El poble valencià, històricament organitzat com a Regne de València, es constituïx en Comunitat Autònoma, dins de la unitat de la nació espanyola, com a expressió de la seua identitat diferenciada com a nacionalitat històrica i en l'exercici del dret d'autogovern que la Constitució Espanyola reconeix a tota nacionalitat, amb la denominació del País Valencià."
- ^ Art. 6.2 of the Valencian Statute of Autonomy Archived 27 September 2006 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Info about Paella on About.com