Valencia (; ), or València , is the capital of the autonomous community of Valencia and the third largest city in Spain after Madrid and Barcelona, with around 800,000 inhabitants in the administrative centre. Its urban area extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of around 1.5 million people. Valencia is Spain's third largest metropolitan area, with a population ranging from 1.7 to 2.5 million. The city has global city status. The Port of Valencia is the 5th busiest container port in Europe and the busiest container port on the Mediterranean Sea.

Valencian ( or ; endonym: valencià, llengua valenciana, or idioma valencià) is the variety of Catalan as spoken in the Valencian Country, Spain. In the Valencian Country, Valencian is the traditional language and is co-official with Spanish. It is often considered a distinct language from Catalan by people from the Valencian Country; however, linguists consider it a dialect of Catalan. A standardized form exists, based on the Southern Valencian dialect.