  gandia (; in spanish accented as gandÃ­a) is a city and municipality in the valencian community, eastern spain on the mediterranean. gandia is located on the costa del azahar,  south of valencia and  north of alicante. it was an important cultural and commercial centre during the 15th and 16th centuries: in the 15th it had a university. it was home to several important poets including ausiÃ s march, and produced the novelist joanot martorell, but it is perhaps best known for the borja or borgia, through their family title, duke of gandia. today, gandia is one of the largest coastal towns, with a population over 200,000, and a thriving centre of commerce and tourism in
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