Chiva, Valencia
Chiva is a municipality in the comarca of Hoya de Buñol in the Valencian Community, Spain. It has a population of 16 750 inhabitants (INE 2023). It is a Spanish-speaking town, in which Spanish has the legally recognised linguistic predominance compared to Valencian, co-official regional language of the Valencian Community.
Chiva | |
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Chiva Location in Spain | |
| Coordinates: 39°28′17″N 0°43′11″W | |
| Country | Spain |
| Autonomous community | Valencian Community |
| Province | Valencia |
| Comarca | Hoya de Buñol |
| Judicial district | Chiva |
| Government | |
| • Alcalde | Emilio Morales Gaitán (2015) (Compromís) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 178.7 km2 (69.0 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 270 m (890 ft) |
| Population (2018) | |
| • Total | 14,941 |
| • Density | 84/km2 (220/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Chivano/a |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 46370 |
| Official language(s) | Spanish |
| Website | Official website |
Part of the Hoya de Buñol region, it is located 31 kilometres inland following the A3 Highway from the capital of Valencia in direction towards Madrid.
Chiva has the largest municipal park in Valencia; the mountainous Paraje Natural Municipal Sierra de Chiva, with a surface area of more than 5,500 ha.. This enclave is considered to have ecological, scenic and cultural significance, for which it justified its status as a protected area.