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Population 750,000

Local currency Euro

Official languages Valencian and Castilian

Distance from Barcelona 220 miles (south)

Major airport Valencia Manises Airport, 20 minutes by taxi to the Old City (about $15)

Most popular attraction last year Museu de les Ciències Principe Felipe, with 2,640,569 visitors

Number of sunny days annually More than 300

City symbol The bat, or lo rat penat (winged rat). One theory why: When the Catalonian king Jaume I was about to capture the city from the Moors in 1238, a bat landed on his battle flag

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