Valencians

Valencians
Valencians (Valencian)
Valencianos (Spanish)
Total population
4,185,000 (Spanish citizens)
(for a total population of 5,216,018)
Regions with significant populations
 Valencian Community,  Murcia (Carche)
Languages
Valencian, Spanish and Valencian Sign Language
Religion
Predominantly Roman Catholicism
Related ethnic groups
Castilians, Balearics, Aragonese, Catalans, Occitans and other Romance-speaking peoples

Valencians (Valencian: valencians, Spanish: valencianos) are the native people of the Valencian Community, in eastern Spain. Since 2006, the Valencian people are officially recognised in the Valencian Statute of Autonomy as a nationality "within the unity of the Spanish nation". Valencians' native languages are Valencian, a variety of Western Catalan, in about two-thirds of the territory, and Spanish in the rest; both languages are official.

The Valencian Community is politically divided in three provinces, from south to north: Alacant, Valencia and Castelló. Its capital is the city of Valencia.