| Jijona/Xixona | |
| 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: | Alicante |
| Subdivision Type3: | Comarca |
| Subdivision Name3: | Alacantí |
| Subdivision Type4: | Judicial district |
| Subdivision Name4: | Sant Vicent del Raspeig |
| Coordinates: | 38.5392°N -0.5081°W |
| Elevation M: | 453 |
| Area Total Km2: | 163.76 |
| Population Total: | 7575 |
| Population As Of: | 2008 |
| Population Demonym: | xixonenc(a) (Valencian) jijonenco/a (Spanish) |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Blank Name Sec1: | Official language(s) |
| Blank Info Sec1: | Valencian and Spanish |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Timezone Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 03100 |
| Area Code Type: | Dialing code |
| Leader Title: | Alcalde |
| Leader Name: | Isabel López (2015) |
| Leader Party: | PSOE |
Jijona (pronounced as /es/) or Xixona (ʃiˈʃona/) is a town and municipality in the Valencian Community on the eastern coast of Spain.
The town is famous for a type of soft nougat, known in Spanish as Turrón de Jijona and in Valencian as Torró de Xixona. This is mostly due to the extensive almond farming that has existed since the Moorish farmers originally cultivated the almond trees following the Islamic conquest of the Iberian Peninsula. Several factories produce turrón, which is all distributed for sale in December, although now they are trying to expand it during the other months.
This turrón is protected by European Union, through the IGP (Indicación Geográfica Protegida).[1]