Valencia

**Valencia** (Bahasa Balansi: *València*) atau **Balansiyah** () adalah bandar ketiga terbesar Sepanyol. Penduduknya berjumlah 807,396 orang pada tahun (2006).

## Penamaan
Nama kota ini turunan Latin Valentia () "kekuatan" terbitan kata sifat *valens* "kuat"; Livius menulis penubuhan kota memperingati askar-askar Romawi yang berkhemah di sekitar tapak sana semasa Perang Lusitania bertempur melawan Viriatus.

Semasa zaman Andalusiyah; kota ini dijolok dengan nama  *Madinah at-Turab* yang bermaksud 'Kota Tanah' kerana dikatakan banyak tempat ladang tani yang didirikan di sana; tetapi ia juga boleh dibaca sebagai  *Madinah at-Tarab* 'Kota Bahagia' atau *Madinah at-Turab* 'Kota Pasir' kerana terletaknya di tebing sungai Turia.

## Geografi
Valencia terletak di pesisir timur Semenanjung Iberia menghadap teluk yang senama atas lembangan bertanah subur hilir Sungai Turia.

### Suhu
Valencia beriklim subtropika menghampiri iklim Mediterranean (kelas Köppen: *Csa*) dan iklim separuh gersang (*BSk*), dengan musim sejuk suam serta musim panas terik panjang.

### Pelancongan

## Budaya

### Muzium

*Ciudad de los Artes y las Ciencias (City of Arts and Sciences*). Designed by the Valencian architect [[Santiago Calatrava]], it is situated in the former Túria river-bed and comprises the following monuments:
**[[Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía]], a flamboyant opera and music palace with four halls and a total area of .
**[[L'Oceanogràfic]], the largest aquarium in Europe, with a variety of ocean beings from different environments: from the [[Mediterranean Sea|Mediterranean]], fishes from the ocean and reef inhabitants, [[shark]]s, [[mackerel]] swarms, [[dolphinarium]], inhabitants of the [[polar region]]s ([[Beluga (whale)|belugas]], [[walrus]]es, [[penguin]]s), coast inhabitants ([[sea lion]]s), etc. L'Oceanogràfic exhibits also smaller animals as [[coral]], [[jellyfish]], [[sea anemone]]s, etc.
**[[El Museu de les Ciències Príncipe Felipe]], an interactive museum of science but resembling the skeleton of a whale. It occupies around 40,000&nbsp;m² on three flats.
* Museu de Prehistòria de València (Prehistory Museum of Valencia)
*[[Valencian Museum of Ethnology|Museu Valencià d'Etnologia]] (Valencian Museum of Ethnology)
* House Museum [[Vicente Blasco Ibáñez|Blasco Ibáñez]]
* IVAM – Institut Valencià d'Art Modern – Centre Julio González *Julio González Centre – Valencian Institute of Modern Art*
*[[Museu de Belles Arts San Pío V]] (Museum of Fine Arts)
* Museu Faller ([[Falles]] Museum)
* Museu d'Història de València (Museum of History of Valencia)
* Museu Taurí de València ([[Bullfighting]] Museum)
* MuVIM – Museu Valencià de la Il·lustració i la Modernitat (Valencian Museum of Enlightenment and Modernity)
* Museo Nacional de Cerámica y de las Artes Suntuarias / Museu Nacional de Ceràmica i Arts Sumptuàries González Martí (National Museum of Pottery and Sumptuary Arts González Martí)
* Computer Museum - is located within Technical School of Computer Engineering (Polytechnic University of Valencia) [http://museo.inf.upv.es Official site]

==Sukan==




==Orang terkenal kelahiran Valencia ==

*[[Pope Alexander VI]], Pope from 1492 to 1503.
*[[Ibn al-Abbar]] (1199–1260), poet and diplomat
*[[Ausiàs March]], poet.
*[[Joan Roís de Corella]], poet and writer.
*[[Pope Callixtus III]], Pope from 1455 to 1458.
*[[Enrique Simonet]], painter (1866–1927)
*[[Luis de Santángel]], finance minister.
*[[Alfonso III of Aragon|Alfonso III]], [[List of Aragonese monarchs|King of Aragon]] and [[Counts of Barcelona|Count of Barcelona]] (as Alfons II).
*King [[James II of Aragon]].
*King [[Peter III of Aragon]] (Peter the Great).
*[[Josu De Solaun Soto]], classical music pianist.
*[[Guillén de Castro y Bellvis|Guillén de Castro]], famous Spanish writer of the [[Spanish Golden Age]] (1569–1631).
*[[Joanot Martorell]] (1413–1468), knight and writer the author of the novel [[Tirant lo Blanch]].
*[[Vicente Blasco Ibáñez]], Spanish realist novelist writing in Spanish, a screenwriter and occasional [[film director]] (1867–1928).
*[[Joaquín Sorolla|Joaquin Sorolla]], painter, who excelled in the painting of portraits, landscapes, and monumental works of social and historical themes.
*[[Juan Luis Vives|Joan Lluís Vives]], a scholar and humanist.
*[[José Benlliure y Gil]], painter.
*[[Antonio José Cavanilles]], taxonomic botanist.
*[[José Iturbi]], conductor and pianist.
*[[Luis García Berlanga]], film director and screenwriter.
*[[Vincent Ferrer|Saint Vincent Ferrer]], Dominican missionary and logician.
*[[Nino Bravo]] (birth name, Luis Manuel Ferri Llopis), popular singer (1944–1973)
*[[Santiago Calatrava]], internationally recognized and award-winning architect.
*[[Joan Fuster]], philologist, historian and writer.
*[[Josep Maria Bayarri]], linguist, poet and writer.
*[[Joaquín Rodrigo|Joaquin Rodrigo]], [[composer|music composer]].
*[[Manuel Palau]], music composer.
*[[Raimon]], composer and singer.
*[[Francisco Tárrega]], influential Spanish composer and guitarist.
*[[Enric Valor i Vives]], grammarian and writer.
*[[Manuel Sanchis i Guarner]], philologist, historian and writer.
*[[María Teresa Fernández de la Vega]], Spanish Socialist Workers' Party politician and the first female First Deputy Prime Minister of Spain.
*[[Salvador Larroca]], comic book artist.
*[[Raul Albiol]], footballer
*[[Vicente Gandia]], painter, artist (1935–2009)
*[[Victor Claver]], basketball star

==Daerah==
* Ciutat Vella: La Seu, La Xerea, El Carmen, El Pilar, El Mercado, San Francisco.
* Eixample: Russafa, El Pla del Remei, Gran Via.
* Extramurs: El Botànic, La Roqueta, La Pechina, Arrancapins.

* Campanar: Campanar, Les Tendetes, El Calvari, Sant Pau.
* La Saïdia: Marxalenes, Morvedre, Trinitat, Tormos, Sant Antoni.
* Pla del Real: Exposició, Mestalla, Jaume Roig, Ciutat Universitària
* Olivereta: Nou Moles, Soternes, Tres Forques, La Fontsanta, La Luz.
* Patraix: [[Patraix]], Sant Isidre, Vara de Quart, Safranar, Favara.
* Jesús: La Raiosa, L'Hort de Senabre, The Covered Cross, Saint Marcelino, Real Way.
* Quatre Carreres: Montolivet, En Corts, Malilla, [[La Font de Sant Lluís]], Na Rovella, La Punta, [[Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències]].
* Poblats Marítims: El Grau, El [[Cabanyal]], El Canyameral, La Malva-Rosa, Beteró, Nazaret.
* Camins del Grau: Aiora, Albors, Creu del Grau, Camí Fondo, Penya-Roja.
* Algiròs: Illa Perduda, Ciutat Jardí, Amistat, Vega Baixa, la Carrasca.
* Benimaclet: [[Benimaclet]], Camí de Vera.
* Rascanya: Orriols, Torrefiel, Sant Llorenç.
* Benicalap: Benicalap, Ciutat Fallera.
* Pobles del Nord: Benifaraig, Poble Nou, Carpesa, Cases de Bàrcena, Mauella, Massarrojos, Borbotó.
* Pobles de l'Oest: Benimàmet, Beniferri.
* Pobles del Sud: Forn d'Alcedo, Castellar-l'Oliveral, Pinedo, el Saler, el Palmar, el Perellonet, la Torre,





==Bandar-bandar kembar==
Valencia [[Bandar kembar|dikembarkan]] dengan kota-kota berikut:
* [[Mainz]], Germany (1978)
* [[Bologna]], Italy (1980)
* [[Valencia, Carabobo|Valencia]], Venezuela (1985)
* [[Veracruz (city)|Veracruz]], Mexico (1985)
* [[Guangzhou]], China (2012)
* [[Xi'an]], China (setakat 2020, terisytihar)


==Lihat juga==

* [[Kerajaan Valencia]]
* [[Taifah Balansiyah]]

==Rujukan==

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:*This article incorporates information from the equivalent article on the Catalan Wikipedia*.
:*This article incorporates information from the equivalent article on the Spanish Wikipedia*.

===Nota===


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== Pautan luar ==


*[http://www.valencia.es/ Official website of the city of Valencia]   *'(Valencian)''' 
*Official tourism website of the city of Valencia        and in Valencian + easy-access static pages in all eight languages

*Official website of the Community Valenciana tourism
*Valencia-La Ciudad de las Artes y de las Ciencias
*The City of Arts and Sciences, Valencia
*Website of the Zoo in Valencia