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Buñol
(Valencian: Bunyol) is a town and
municipality in the province of
Valencia, Spain. The municipality
has an area of some 112 km², and is
situated approximately 38 km west of
the provincial and autonomous
community capital city, Valencia. It
lies along the Buñol River and is
surrounded by the mountain ranges La
Sierra de Las Cabrillas, la Sierra
de Dos Aguas and la Sierra de
Malacara y Martés.
The
municipal local economic base is a
mixture of the industrial and the
agricultural (carob trees, almond
trees, fruit trees, olive trees and
grapes.
Archaeological evidence indicates
civilization in Buñol going back
50,000 years.[citation needed]
Buñol's population is about 9,000
people but is visited by over 30,000
for La Tomatina: a tomato throwing
event in the Plaza del Pueblo. On
the last Wednesday of every August,
thousands of people gather in the
Plaza and throw metric tons of over
ripe tomatoes at each other.
Buñol
has regional rail passenger service
to Valencia via the RENFE system. On
August 29, 2007, 40,000 Spaniards
gathered in the town to throw
115,000 kilograms of tomatoes at
each other in the yearly Tomatina
festival. Bare-chested tourists also
included hundreds of British,
French, and Germans
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