Carcaixent is a town and municipality

Municipalities of Spain

The municipalities of Spain In other languages of Spain:*Catalan/Valencian , sing. municipi.*Galician or , sing. municipio/bisbarra.*Basque , sing. udalerria. are the basic level of Spanish local government...

 in the province of Valencia, eastern Spain

Spain

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, with c. 20,000 inhabitants. Its origins go back to prehistoric Iberian and Roman times, with some remainders in its area. It is located in the Ribera Alta

Ribera Alta (comarca)

Ribera Alta is a comarca in the province of Valencia, Valencian Community, Spain.-Municipalities:*Alberic*Alcàntera de Xúquer*L'Alcúdia*Alfarb*Algemesí*Alginet*Alzira*Antella*Beneixida*Benifaió*Benimodo*Benimuslem*Carcaixent*Càrcer*Carlet...

 comarca

Comarca

A comarca is a traditional region or local administrative division found in parts of Spain, Portugal, Panama, Nicaragua, and Brazil. The term is derived from the term marca, meaning a "march, mark", plus the prefix co- meaning "together, jointly".The comarca is known in Aragonese as redolada and...

, 40 km south of the provincial capital Valencia. It is the birthplace of the orange growth and its flourishing commerce in the 19th and 20th centuries. Currently, its inhabitants live basically on agriculture and the service sector.