Moraira

Moraira () is a small upmarket Spanish coastal town, part of Teulada (also known as Teulada-Moraira) municipality, in the Marina Alta comarca, 80 km north of Alicante and 100 km south of Valencia.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Moraira
Settlement.shield_alt: Teulada-Moraira coat of arms
Settlement.population_total: 10,000 (approx)
Settlement.leader_party: People's Party
Settlement.leader_title: Mayor of Teulada-Moraira
Settlement.leader_name: Carlos Linares Banon
Settlement.pushpin_map: Spain Province of Alicante#Spain Valencia#Spain
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in the Province of Alicante##Location in the Valencian Community##Location in Spain
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Autonomous community
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Alicante
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Comarca
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Marina Alta
Settlement.subdivision_type4: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name4: Teulada
Settlement.timezone1: CET
Settlement.utc_offset1: +1

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: locality
Country: Spain
Located in: Teulada
Population: 1612
Image: Vista de Moraira des del Cap d'Or.JPG

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Moraira () is a small upmarket Spanish coastal town, part of Teulada (also known as Teulada-Moraira) municipality, in the Marina Alta comarca, 80 km north of Alicante and 100 km south of Valencia.

The town is located adjacent to the neighbouring village of El Portet and both communities form a tourist resort on the Costa Blanca strip, with 8 km of coastline backed by mountains and vineyards.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Moraira” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.