Ciudad Quesada, Alicante
Ciudad Quesada | |
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Ciudad Quesada from above | |
Ciudad Quesada Location in Spain | |
| Coordinates: 38°03′56″N 0°43′44″W / 38.0655°N 0.7289°W | |
| Country | Spain |
| Autonomous community | Valencian Community |
| Province | Alicante |
| Elevation | 100 m (330 ft) |
| Population (2024) | |
• Total | 11 622 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Ciudad Quesada is an urbanisation in the municipality of Rojales in the Province of Alicante, Spain. It has a population of 11, 622 people (INE 2024[1]).
It is located in the southern area of Rojales, 6km from the Mediterranean sea. Justo Quesada, a Spanish entrepreneur, started the city in the 1970s and it is now considered to be a Spanish town with its own sub town hall.[2]
The Quesada companies declared bankruptcy in 2015 with debts of over 100 million Euros.
Ciudad Quesada also has a Norwegian school called Den Norske Skolen I Rojales (DNSR).[3]
References
- ^ INE – Relación de unidades poblacionaes
- ^ "Ciudad Quesada". SpainMadeSimple.com. SpainMadeSimple. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
- ^ "Den Norske Skolen I Rojales". dnsr.no. DNSR. Retrieved 23 February 2020.