10°11N 67°59W, pop (2000e) 1 093 000. Capital of Carabobo state, N Venezuela; on R Cabriales, near L Valencia; third largest city in Venezuela, founded, 1555; airport; university (1852); noted for its oranges; agricultural trade; Plaza de Toros (second largest in Americas, after Mexico); cathedral (1580, but remodelled-18th-c) containing Virgen del Socorro (1550); Valencia fair (Nov), parade of Virgen del Socorro, Valencia week (Mar).
Valencia is the name of two large cities in different parts of the world:
Spain: Valencia, capital of the Valencia Autonomous Community.
Other places in Spain named Valencia include:
Valencia de Alcántara Valencia de las Torres, province of Badajoz Valencia del Mombuey, province of Badajoz Valencia del Ventoso, province of Badajoz
Latin America and the Caribbean
Valencia, Los Ríos, in Ecuador (province of Los Ríos) Valencia de Fuentes, in Mexico (state of Guanajuato) Valencia, Trinidad and Tobago, (regional corporation of Sangre Grande)
Philippines
Valencia, Bohol Valencia City, Bukidnon Valencia, Negros Oriental
United States
Valencia, California Valencia, New Mexico Valencia, Pennsylvania Valencia County, New Mexico Valencia West, Arizona
Miscellaneous
The Valencian language,
valencià Valencia orange Valencia peanut Circuit de Valencia, motor racing circuit in Spain Valencia CF, Spanish football club Polytechnic University of
Valencia (Spain) Universitat de València (Spain) Valencia Community College, in the U.S. state of Florida Lake Valencia, in Venezuela
Valencia, a book by Michelle Tea SS
Valencia, a
steamship wrecked in 1906
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