- Jijona/Xixona
infobox city spain
official_name= Jijona
native_name=Xixona
spanish_name=Jijona
lat_long=coord|38|32|21|N|0|30|29|W|region:ES_type:city
time_zone=CET (GMT +1)
time_zone_summer=CEST (GMT +2)
native_language=Valencian
community=Valencian Community
community_link=Valencia (autonomous community)
province=Alicante
province_link=Alicante (province)
comarca=Alacantí
comarca_link=Alacantí
area=163.76
altitude=453
population=7,596
date-population=2006
density=46.4
date-density=2006Jijona (in Spanish) or Xixona (in Valencian) is a town and
municipality in theLand of Valencia on the eastern coast ofSpain . The town is famous for a type of softnougat , known in Spanish as turrón de Jijona and in Valencian as torró de Xixona.External links
* [http://www.alicante-spain.com/jijona-xixona.html Jijona ] , engl. Website with a video of the city and the turron museum, from a local citizen
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.