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The Contestani were an ancient Iberian (Pre-Roman) people of the Iberian peninsula (the Roman Hispania). They are believed to have spoken the Iberian language.
They lived in a region located in the southwest of Hispania Tarraconensis, east of the territory of the Bastetani, between the city of Urci, located NE of the Baetica and river Sucro, today known as Xúquer. Nowadays this would correspond to a section of the Albacete Province, the eastern part of the Region of Murcia and the southern part of the Land of Valencia.
Cartago Nova was within its territory. Other important towns were Setabi (Xàtiva), Lucenti or Lucentum (L'Albufereta in Alacant), Alonis (La Vila Joiosa), Ilici (Elx), Menlaria, Valentia and Iaspis. Iberian coins were minted at Setabi. Important Contestani archaeological sites include Tolmo de Minateda hill near Hellín and Bastida de les Alcusses, near Moixent.