Claim: Established in 1822, Valencia is a province located in the Valencia historic region, and Barcelona is a province located in the Catalonia historic region.
Evidence: Valencia (Spanish: [baˈlenθja), officially València (Valencian: [vaˈlensia), is the capital of the autonomous community of Valencia and the third-largest city in Spain after Madrid and Barcelona, surpassing 800,000 inhabitants in the municipality. Valencia It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain.