{{Infobox settlement | name = Horta of Valencia | native_name = | native_name_lang = | settlement_type = Formerly: ''comarca'' <br /> Currently: urban and metro area | image_skyline = | image_alt = | image_caption = | image_flag = | flag_alt = | image_shield = | shield_alt = | image_map = Localització de l'Horta de València.png | map_alt = Horta of Valencia on map of Valencian Community | map_caption = Horta of Valencia on map of Valencian Community | pushpin_map = #Spain#European_Union | coordinates = {{coord|39|28|N|0|22|W|region:ES|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Spain}} | subdivision_type1 = Autonomous community | subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Valencian Community}} | subdivision_type2 = Province | subdivision_name2 = Valencia | parts_type = City and comarcas | parts_style = para | parts = | p1 = Valencia | p2 = Horta Nord | p3 = Horta Sud | p4 = Horta Oest | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 631.9 | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | population_footnotes = | population_total = 1567118 | population_as_of = 2019 | population_density_km2 = 2480 | population_demonym = Valencian | population_note = | website = | footnotes = }}
The '''Horta of Valencia''' ({{langx|ca-valencia|'''Horta de València'''}}; {{langx|es|'''Huerta de Valencia'''}}) is a historical comarca of the Valencian Community, in Spain. Currently, ''Horta of Valencia'' is the common name and refers to the urban and metro area covered by Valencia (''València'') and three neighbouring ''comarques'': Horta Nord, Horta Sud, Horta Oest.
== Administrative division == 150px|left|An administrative division of Horta of Valencia
{|class="wikitable sortable" !colspan=4| Division of the Valencia Metro Area |- ! Comarca ! Population <small>(2019)<ref>{{citation |url=https://www.ine.es/intercensal/inicio.do |title=INEbase. Alteraciones de los municipios}}</ref></small> ! Area ! Density |- | City (municipality) of Valencia | 801 545 | 134,7 km² | 5853 /km² |- | Horta Oest <br/> (Western zone) | 359 337 | 187,6 km² | 1982 /km² |- | Horta Nord <br/> (North zone) | 228 424 | 140,4 km² | 1627 /km² |- | Horta Sud <br/> (South zone) | 178 118 | 166,2 km² | 1071 /km² |- | '''Total:''' | '''1 567 118''' | '''631,9 km²''' | '''2480 /km²''' |}
== Origin == {{anchor|Historical Irrigation System at l'Horta de València}} Originally Valencia was founded as a base for Roman campaigns into Spain.{{cn|date=February 2024}}
Traditional Arab irrigation systems were built in the Horta of Valencia during the Al-Andalus period; the historical irrigation system at the Horta of Valencia was named a Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Site in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Historical Waterscape of l'Horta de València |url=https://www.fao.org/giahs/giahsaroundtheworld/designated-sites/europe-and-central-asia/historical-waterscape-of-lhorta-de-valencia/en/ |access-date=2022-10-07 |website=FAO.org}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
===Sources=== * {{cite book|last=Besó Ros|first=Adrià|title=Horts de tarongers. La formació del verger valencià|date=2016|publisher={{ill|Institució Alfons el Magnànim|es||ca}}|location=Valencia|pages=453|isbn=978-84-7822-686-3}} * Sala Giner, Daniel. 2007. La milenaria Acequia de Mislata. Javier Boronat (ed.). Valencia. 183 pages. * {{cite book|title=L'Horta de València: estudis comarcals de la província de València|url=https://puv.uv.es/doc_pdf/horta/mobile/index|language=ca|date=2018|publisher=PUV|isbn=9788491331742}} * {{cite book|last=Esquilache|first=Ferran|title=Els constructors de l'Horta de València : origen, evolució i estructura social d'una gran horta andalusina entre els segles VIII i XIII|date=2018|publisher=PUV|isbn=9788491343721}}
Category:Geography of Valencia Category:Comarques of the Valencian Community Category:Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems