Country Spain Comarca Alacantí Elevation 453 m Population 7,226 (2014) Local time Saturday 4:36 PM | Autonomous community Valencian Community Time zone CET (UTC+1) Area 163.8 km² Province Province of Alicante | |
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Judicial district Sant Vicent del Raspeig Demonym(s) Xixonenc(a) (Valencian)
Jijonenco/a (Spanish) Weather 18°C, Wind SE at 11 km/h, 53% Humidity | ||
Jijona ([xiˈxona]) or Xixona ([ʃiˈʃona]) is a town and municipality in the Valencian Community on the eastern coast of Spain.
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Turrón
The town is famous for a type of soft nougat, known in Spanish as Turrón de Jijona and in Valencian as Torró de Xixona. This is mostly due to the extensive almond farming that has existed since the Moorish farmers originally cultivated the almond trees following the Islamic conquest of the Iberian peninsula. Several factories produce turrón, which is all distributed for sale in December.
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