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Torrevieja Half Marathon and 10K Postponed Until 2027

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Torrevieja’s International Half Marathon and 10K race have been postponed until 2027 because of ongoing roadworks and resurfacing across much of the planned route. The...

Vega Baja Rallies in Support of Ceuta

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Residents across the Vega Baja gathered on Wednesday evening to show solidarity with Ceuta amid the migration crisis affecting the Spanish autonomous city. Demonstrations were...

Phone Hijack Scam Costs Altea Woman More Than €76,000

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The Guardia Civil has uncovered a sophisticated banking fraud in which criminals allegedly hijacked a 72-year-old woman’s mobile telephone number before stealing more than...

Vega Baja Flood Plan Stalls with €314m Unspent as Program enters Final Months

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The Partido Popular (PP) has taken the Government to task in Congress over what it describes as the “alarming” lack of progress on flood-prevention...
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Alicante province is on the Mediterranean Sea in eastern Spain, on the southern part of the Valencian Community. It is home to the cities of Alicante, Elche, and Orihuela.

Alicante is bordered by the provinces of Murcia on the southwest, Albacete on the west, Valencia on the north, and the Mediterranean Sea and Costa Blanca (White Coast) on the east. The province is named after its capital, which is the city of Alicante.

Alicante ranks as the 5th most populous province in Spain after Madrid, Barcelona, and Valencia. In 2018 it had a population of 1,838,819 inhabitants. The largest cities in the Alicante province in 2018 were Alicante (population of 334,757), Elche (population of 230,112), Torrevieja (population of 101,792), Orihuela (population of 86,164), Benidorm (population of 71,034), Alcoy (population of 61,552), Elda (population of 55,168), and San Vicente del Raspeig (population of 53,126).

This province has the largest ratio of foreigner population among all Spanish provinces. There are 446,368 foreigners registered in the province (and many more unregistered foreigners), which represents 23.6% of the total population. Of the 141 municipalities that make up the province, foreign population is above 25% in 54 municipalities, and above 50% in 19 municipalities. The municipalities with the largest concentration of foreign residents include San Fulgencio (80%), Rojales (74%), Benitatxell (69.8%), Algorfa (69.7%), Llíber (67%), Teulada (65.5%), Daya Vieja (64.4%); San Miguel de Salinas (64.3%), Calp (62.8%), Els Poblets (61.6%), Alcalalí (60.8%), Benijófar (58.5%), L’Alfàs del Pi (56.6%), Orba (55%), Xàbia (54%), Torrevieja (53.5%), Murla (52%), Fondó (51.7%), and Benidoleig (50%).