Benidorm
municipality in the Province of Alicante, Valencian Community, Spain
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Summary
Benidorm is a municipality of Spain[1]. Benidorm ranks in the top 0.29% of municipality of spain entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,541 views/month, #16 of 5,605).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Province of Alicante[3], Marina Baixa[4]
- Country: Spain[5]
- Located in or next to body of water: Mediterranean Sea[6]
- Continent: Europe[7]
- Instance of: municipality of the Valencian Community[8], city[9]
- Capital: Benidorm[10]
- Official language: Valencian[11]
- Shares border with: L'Alfàs del Pi[12], Finestrat[13], La Nucia[14], Polop[15], La Vila Joiosa[16]
- Twinned administrative body: Eilat[17], Manizales[18], Le Cannet[19], Esmeraldas[20]
- Coat of arms: coat of arms of Benidorm[21]
- Postal code: 03501–03503[22]
- Commons category: Benidorm[23]
- Licence plate code: A[24]
- Patron saint: Virgen del Sufragio[25]
- Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[26], UTC+02:00[27]
- Inception: 1325[28]
- Official website: https://benidorm.org/[29]
- Topic's main category: Category:Benidorm[30]
- Commons gallery: Benidorm[31]
- Population: 73,768[32], 72,991[33], 72,062[34], 71,198[35], 71,034[36], 70,280[37], 69,058[38], 67,627[39], 67,492[40], 64,956[41], 64,267[42], 61,352[43], 57,227[44], 69,010[45]
- Office held by head of government: mayor of Benidorm[46]
- Official name: Benidorm[47]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Benidorm[48]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Benidorm[49]
- Female population: 34,471[50]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Benidorm include Benny Hill[51], an actor[52], 1924–1992[53], of United Kingdom[54] and Benidorm Fest[55], a television program[56], founded in 2022[57].
Why It Matters
Benidorm has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[58] Benidorm is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[59]
Entities named for Benidorm include Benny Hill[51], an actor[52], 1924–1992[53], of United Kingdom[54] and Benidorm Fest[55], a television program[56], founded in 2022[57].