Benimantell
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Benimantell is a Valencian town and municipality
Municipalities of Spain
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 located in the comarca of Marina Baixa
Marina Baixa
Marina Baixa is a comarca in the Valencian Community, Spain. It is bordered by the comarques of Comtat on the northwest, Marina Alta on the northeast, Alacantí and Alcoià on the west and the Mediterranean Sea on the east....

, in the province of Alicante
Alicante (province)
Alicante or Alacant is a province of eastern Spain, in the southern part of the Valencian Community. It is bordered by the provinces of Murcia on the southwest, Albacete on the west, Valencia on the north, and the Mediterranean Sea on the east...

, Spain
Spain
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. Benimantell has an area of 37.9 km² and, according to the 2002 census, a total population of 378 inhabitants. The economy of Benimantell is exclusively based on agriculture
Agriculture
Agriculture is the cultivation of animals, plants, fungi and other life forms for food, fiber, and other products used to sustain life. Agriculture was the key implement in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that nurtured the...

 (almond
Almond
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s and olive
Olive
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s). The most important monument in the town is the Catholic
Catholic
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 church of Sant Vicent Màrtir, with an hexagonal tower
Tower
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