Elche

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Elche is a historic city in southeastern Spain renowned for its vast palm grove, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and its cultural traditions such as the Mystery Play of Elche.

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Elche canonical 15

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Predicate Object
instanceOf city
municipality
airportServedBy Alicante–Elche Airport
climateClassification hot semi-arid climate
coordinateLatitude 38.2669
coordinateLongitude -0.6983
country Spain
demonym Ilicitana
Ilicitano
economicSector agriculture
footwear manufacturing
tourism
footballStadium Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero
foundedInPeriod ancient Iberian period
governingBody Municipality of Elche
surface form: Ayuntamiento de Elche
hasCulturalTradition Mystery Play of Elche
celebration of Palm Sunday
hasFestival August festivals
Nit de lAlba
hasUniversity Miguel Hernández University of Elche
hasWorldHeritageSite Mystery Play of Elche
Palm Grove of Elche
surface form: Palmeral of Elche
heritageDesignation Historic site
historicalName Ilici
locatedIn Province of Alicante
Valencian Community
southeastern Spain
locatedOnRiver Vinalopó River
nearbyCity Alicante
Murcia
notableFeature Mediterranean climate
historic old town
shoe industry
vast palm grove
officialLanguage Spanish
Catalan
surface form: Valencian
palmGroveArea over 200000 palm trees
palmSpecies Phoenix dactylifera
population over 230000
populationRankInValencianCommunity third largest city
region Costa Blanca
religiousBuilding Basilica of Santa Maria
romanMunicipium Ilici Augusta
sportsClub Elche CF
timeZone CET
timeZoneDST CEST
UNESCOStatusOfMysteryPlay Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity
UNESCOStatusOfPalmeral UNESCO World Heritage Site
surface form: World Heritage Site

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