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about Alicante

Alicante (Catalan: Alacant, Spanish: Alicante) is the capital city of the province of Alicante, in the south of the Valencian Country, Spain, by the Mediterranean Sea. Alicante is an important Seaport. As of the 2003 census, the population of the city of Alicante proper was 316,178, and the population of the entire urban area was estimated to be 676,237 inhabitants, ranking as the eighth-largest urban area of Spain.

Alicante is one of the fastest growing cities in Spain. Its economy is based upon tourism, wine production, services and administration. It exports wine, olive oil, and fruit, and has light industries, including food-processing, leather, textiles, and pottery. The area's food specialty are turrones - honey and almond nougats.

It has regular ferry services to the Balearic Islands, and an international airport is nearby. Amongst the most notable features of the city is its castle, the "Castillo de Santa Barbara", which sits high above the city upon a cliff. An important festival takes place there in June, at the time of the Summer Solstice, the Bonfires of Saint John.

The city is the headquarters of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market.

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