Ibi (

Valencian Valencian () or Valencian language () is the official, historical and traditional name used in the Valencian Community (Spain), and unofficially in the Carche, El Carche comarca in Región de Murcia, Murcia (Spain), to refer to the Romance lan ...

and

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: ) is a town located in the

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Alcoià Alcoià ( es, Hoya de Alcoy) is a ''comarca'' in the province of Alicante, Valencian Community, Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = '' ...

, in the

province of Alicante Alicante ( ca-valencia, Alacant) is a province of eastern Spain, in the southern part of the Valencian Community. It is the second most populated Valencian province. Likewise, the second and third biggest cities in the Valencian Community (Alica ...

, Spain. As of 2009, Ibi has a total population of c. 24,000 inhabitants. The town, which is located 37 km from the city of

Alicante Alicante ( ca-valencia, Alacant) is a city and municipality in the Valencian Community, Spain. It is the capital of the province of Alicante and a historic Mediterranean port. The population of the city was 337,482 , the second-largest in t ...

, is surrounded by mountains and gorges. The

economy An economy is an area of the production, distribution and trade, as well as consumption of goods and services. In general, it is defined as a social domain that emphasize the practices, discourses, and material expressions associated with the ...

of Ibi is chiefly based on the

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industry, the most important of this kind in Spain. As a result, many other related industries have also emerged in the last years:

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and others. There are some factories making

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materials,

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s and tiger nut milk, also. Some of the most important monuments in Ibi are the ''Catholic Church of the Transfiguration'' and the monument to the

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, possibly the only one in the world. Ibi was also the location for the issue of both the 25 céntimos and 1 peseta by the Republicans during 1937. Worldwide, it is famous for the centuries of annual festival of

Els Enfarinats The annual festival of Els Enfarinats () takes place in the town of Ibi in Alicante, Spain on December 28, as part of celebrations related to the Day of the Innocents. Els enfarinats comes from the Valencian word for "breading", and roughly tra ...

; in particular, the fight with flour and eggs.

Twin towns

Tomelloso Tomelloso () is a municipality in the province of Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha, Spain. It has a population of 33,548 (2005). Main sights *Posada de los Portales (late 17th century) *Town Hall, rebuilt in 1904 *Church of the ''Asunción de Nues ...

, Spain

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Official site

Municipalities in the Province of Alicante {{valencia-geo-stub

Twin towns

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