A few facts
Alicante is the name of a province of eastern Spain as well as the name of the capital of the province. The Alicante province 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.
There are two official languages in Alicante; Spanish and Valencian
According to the 2007 census, Alicante ranks as the fifth most populous province in Spain, with 1.825.264 inhabitants. The Alicante city estimation of 2008 was of 331.750 inhabitants and the entire urban area 452.462. The estimation of 2008 for the metropolitan area (including Elche) was 757.443 – which makes Alicante the eighth largest metropolitan area in Spain.
About 15% of the population is foreign, mostly from Argentina, Ecuador and Colombia, who have arrived in the previous 10 years as immigrants. There are also many immigrants from other origins such as Romania, Russia, Ukraine and Morocco, many of which are under illegal alien status and therefore are not accounted for in the official population figures.
Also many Northern European citizens live in the Alicante province, and some sources indicates that the British population is by far the largest non-Spanish group of foreign nationals in the city, but most of them are not counted in the official statistics as they are often retired citizens who officially still resident in their own country.
Alicante enjoys Mediterranean climate with mild temperatures throughout the year and little rain. The average temperature is between 6,2oC and 16,8oC in January and between 20,4oC and 30,6oC in August with the average annual temperature of 17,8oC.
The rainfall is 336 mm per year – September and October are the rainiest months, and the number of sunshine hours reaches 2.864 per year.
On July 4th 1994 the record maximum temperature of 41,1oC was recorded in Alicante and the record minimum temperature of -4,6oC was recorded on February 12th 1956.
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