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Alicante ( / ˌ æ l ᵻ ˈ k æ n t i ˌ - t eɪ / , Spanish: [aliˈkante] ), or Alacant ( Valencian: [alaˈkant] ), both the Valencian and Spanish being official names, is a city and port in Spain on the Costa Blanca , the capital of the province of Alicante and of the comarca of Alacantí , in the south of the Valencian Community . It is also a historic Mediterranean port. The population of the city of Alicante proper was 332,067, estimated as of 2014 , ranking as the second-largest Valencian city. Including ne
The name of the city echoes the Arabic name Laqant (لَقَنْت) or Al-Laqant (ألَلَقَنْت), which in turn reflects the Latin Lucentum .
The area around Alicante has been inhabited for over 7000 years. The first tribes of hunter gatherers moved down gradually from Central Europe between 5000 and 3000 BC. Some of the earliest settlements were made on the slopes of Mount Benacantil . By 1000 BC Greek and Phoenician traders had begun to visit the eastern coast of Spain, establishing small trading ports and introducing the native Iberian tribes to the alphabet, iron and the pottery wheel. By the 3rd century BC, the rival armies of Carthage and R