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Dénia (in Catalan; Spanish: Denia) is the judicial seat of the comarca of Marina Alta, in the province of Alicante, Spain, on the Costa Blanca halfway between Alicante and Valencia. It has a population is 42,704 (as of 2007). A partial ruin of a fortress stands right in the middle of the town.
There is evidence of human habitation in the area since prehistoric times and there are significant Iberian ruins on the hillsides nearby. During the first quarter of the 1st century a.d. Italy and during this period the Roman town of Dianium was founded.
In the days of Al Andalus, Denia served as the capital of a taifa kingdom, ruling over part of the Valencian coast and Ibiza. The Slavic slaves, saqaliba, managed to free themselves and run the taifa. The Arabic word "DANIAH" دانية means low or near.
The Moors originally built the fortress, and the French, who occupied the city for four years during the War of the Spanish Succession, re-built it in the early 19th century.
A community of English raisin traders lived in Denia from 1800 until the time of the Spanish Civil War in the late 1930s.
The ferry to Ibiza and the other Balearic Islands departs from Denia. It also serves as a terminus of a picturesque metre gauge railway line through the mountains from Alicante (popularly known as the Limón Express), run by FGV.
Nearby is the popular resort town of Xàbia.
Several times a year, the town of Denia is full of festivities. The popular bonfire festival is celebrated each March. Huge paper mache statues, called fallas are set up throughout the town, and then set ablaze.
July brings the popular Bous a la Mar or Bulls at the Sea The highlight of this week long festival is watching bulls run down the main street Marques de Campo, only to be chased into the Mediterranean sea by those daring enough to enter a makeshift bull ring with them.
Dénia's local football team is called Club Deportivo Dénia, and plays in Spain's Second Division B.
Coordinates: 38°50.4′N 0°06.6′E / 38.84, 0.11
Source: CIA Factbook, Wikipedia
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