Alfara del Patriarca | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Pushpin Map: | Spain |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Spain |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Spain |
Subdivision Type1: | Autonomous community |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Valencia |
Subdivision Type3: | Comarca |
Subdivision Name3: | Horta Nord |
Subdivision Type4: | Judicial district |
Subdivision Name4: | Moncada |
Coordinates: | 39.5436°N -0.385°W |
Elevation M: | 35 |
Area Total Km2: | 1.98 |
Population Demonym: | Alfarero/-a |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Blank Name Sec1: | Official language(s) |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 46115 |
Area Code Type: | Dialing code |
Leader Title: | Alcalde |
Leader Name: | Enric Miquel Cuñat Sese (2007) |
Leader Party: | PSOE |
Alfara del Patriarca is a municipality in the comarca of Horta Nord in the Valencian Community, Spain.
The municipal area of 2 km2 is located in the Horta of Valencia. The natural disaster are rare because the land is almost flat, the urban area is located at an altitude of 35 m. The only exception is the Carraixet ravine that crosses the municipal area from north to south at a short distance from the urban area. Although it is normally dry, the large basin causes frequent overflows during the periods of cold drop in autumn. The municipal area is crossed by the Acequia Real de Moncada.
Foios, Moncada, Vinalesa and the Valencian districts of Carpesa and Benifaraig.
Like most towns in the Alfara del Patriarca region, it was a Muslim farmhouse. It was conquered by Jaime I in 1249 who later gave it to Ximén Pérez from the Aragonese town of Tarazona. Later it was transferred to Guillén Jáfer and Bonifacio Ferrer who made it a manor.
boxerl European Champion; alias The Tiger of Alfara