- Alicante is a city in Spain, the capital of the Province of Alicante and of the comarca of the Alacantí, in the southern part of the Valencian Community.
- Population Alicante Province: 1.783.555.
- The area around Alicante has been inhabited for over 7000 years, with the first tribes of hunter gatherers moving down gradually from Central Europe between 5000 and 3000 BC.
- Population Alicante Capital: 334,757.
- Density: 297,84 inhabitants/sq. km.
- Average Temperature: 18 ºC (64 ºF), Summer 26ºC (78 ºF), Winter 11,5 ºC (53 ºF).
- Tourism: Over 3 million tourists visit Alicante Province each year.
- The Carthaginian general Hamilcar Barca established the fortified settlement of Akra Leuka (Greek: Aκρα Λευκa, meaning "White Mountain" or "White Point"), where Alicante stands today.
- Since 2005 Alicante hosts Ciudad de la Luz, one of the largest film studios in Europe. Spanish and international movies such as Asterix at the Olympic Games by Frédéric Forestier and Thomas Langmann, Manolete by Menno Meyjes have been shot there.
- About 15% of the population is foreign, mostly those from Argentina, Ecuador, and Colombia who have arrived in the previous 10 years as immigrants.
- Alicante enjoys a Mediterranean climate with mild temperatures throughout the year and little rain, concentrated in equinoctial periods.
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