The Province of Játiva was a province

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 of Spain

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 created in the 1822 territorial division of Spain

1822 territorial division of Spain

The 1822 territorial division of Spain was a rearrangement of the territory of Spain into various provinces, enacted briefly during the Trienio Liberal of 1820–1823...

 (27 January 1822), during the Trienio Liberal of 1820–1823. Its population of 164,795 represented 1.41% of the total Spanish population of the time. Its capital was Játiva (currently officially named Xàtiva

Xàtiva

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). With the restoration of absolutism

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, this territorial division was revoked 1 October 1823. Although Javier de Burgos

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's 1833 territorial division of Spain

1833 territorial division of Spain

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 was very close to that of 1833, the province of Játiva was not recreated; the other two major changes were the omission of the provinces of Calatayud

Province of Calatayud

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 and Villafranca del Bierzo

Province of Villafranca

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.

The province of Játiva was divided among the provinces of Valencia and Alicante, with the cities of Játiva and Cofrentes

Cofrentes

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 becoming part of Valencia and Gandía

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, Denia

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, Onteniente

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 and Albaida

Albaida, Valencia

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becoming part of Alicante. These borders were adjusted in 1836, and Alicante lost the northern part of its territory to Valencia; as a result, except for Denia, all of the former province of Játiva is now part of Valencia.