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Elche (or Elx) is a city located in the Spanish province of Alicante, inside the Valencian Community, Spain.
With a population of about 225,000 inhabitants, (called ilicitanos in Spanish), ranking as the third most populated city in the Valencian Community and the second within the Alicante province.
Part of the municipality is coastal but the main city is some 15 km from the Mediterranean Sea.
The economy of Elche is based, in large part, on the footwear industry, with over 1,000 shoe factories, being one of the most important footwear industries in Spain and the rest of Europe.
As representative of the landscape of Elche is, undoubtedly, the set of palms orchards that receive the name of El Palmeral and covering a large part of the city and its countryside with over 200,000 palm trees.
The Palm Grove of Elche (El Palmeral), together with the representation of the sacral-lyrical medieval drama Misteri d'Elx, has been declared by UNESCO World Heritage site and a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity respectively.
With a population of about 225,000 inhabitants, (called ilicitanos in Spanish), ranking as the third most populated city in the Valencian Community and the second within the Alicante province.
Part of the municipality is coastal but the main city is some 15 km from the Mediterranean Sea.
The economy of Elche is based, in large part, on the footwear industry, with over 1,000 shoe factories, being one of the most important footwear industries in Spain and the rest of Europe.
As representative of the landscape of Elche is, undoubtedly, the set of palms orchards that receive the name of El Palmeral and covering a large part of the city and its countryside with over 200,000 palm trees.
The Palm Grove of Elche (El Palmeral), together with the representation of the sacral-lyrical medieval drama Misteri d'Elx, has been declared by UNESCO World Heritage site and a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity respectively.
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