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Xixona

Postal Code: 
03100
Population: 
7,423
2012
Town Hall: 
[+34] 965611304
Guardia Civil: 
[+34] 965610142
Health Centre: 
[+34] 965612211
Fiestas

The week of 24 August : San Bartolomé + Moros y Cristianos

Jijona (Spanish) or Xixona (Valencian) is a town and municipality belonging to the comarca L'Alacanti in the province of Alicante 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. Some varieties are very expensive.

Places of Interest: 
  • Castillo. 
  • Convento Franciscano de la Virgen de Orito. 
  • Ermita de Santa Bárbara.  .
  • Iglesia de Santa María. 
  • Museo del Turrón, 
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