Onda, Spain
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| subdivision_type2 = Province
| subdivision_name2 = Castellón
| subdivision_type3 = Comarca
| subdivision_name3 = Plana Baixa
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| leader_party = PP
| leader_title = Mayor
| leader_name = Carmina Ballester Feliu
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| area_total_km2 = 108.42
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| elevation_m = 194
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| postal_code_type = Postal code
| postal_code = 12200
| area_code = +34 (Spain) + 964 (Castellón)
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Onda is a town in eastern Spain, in the province of Castelló, part of the autonomous community of Valencia. It has 24,859 inhabitants.Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain) 2019
The Sitjar dam, located close to Onda, is an important feature for the irrigation of the nearby fields with water from the Millars River.
Notable residents
- Ibn al-Abbar (1199–1260), poet, diplomat, theologian, and scholar{{Cite book |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_xOhDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA167 |title=The Formation of al-Andalus, Part 1: History and Society |chapter=History and Society |first=Manuela |last=Marin |publisher=Routledge |isbn=9781351889612 |page=167 |date=5 December 2016 |access-date=10 January 2019 |via=Google Books}}
- Zayyan ibn Mardanish (fl. 1229–1270){{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IjFacnscoBIC&pg=PA72 |title=Negotiating Cultures: Bilingual Surrender Treaties on the Crusader-Muslim Frontier Under James the Conqueror |first1=Robert Ignatius |last1=Burns |first2=Paul Edward |last2=Chevedden |publisher=Brill |isbn=9789004112445 |page=72 |year=1999 |access-date=10 January 2019 |via=Google Books}}
- Vicente Alejandro Guillamón (born 1930), journalist and writer{{Cite news |url=https://elpais.com/diario/1987/11/23/sociedad/564620407_850215.html |title=Vicente Alejandro Guillamón, nombrado director de 'Vida Nueva' |trans-title=Vicente Alejandro Guillamón, Appointed Director of 'Vida Nueva' |work=El País |location=Madrid |language=es |date=23 November 1987 |access-date=10 January 2019}}
- Enrique Saura (born 1954), footballer{{Cite news |url=https://www.lasprovincias.es/valenciacf/nunca-podre-renegar-20180909010252-ntvo.html |title=Saura: 'Nunca podré renegar del fútbol; jugué con el Valencia y eso es muy grande' |trans-title=Saura: 'I Could Never Renounce Football; I Played for Valencia and that's Very Big |first=Toni |last=Calero |work=Las Provincias |language=es |date=9 September 2018 |access-date=10 January 2019}}
- José Ramos Castillo (born 1974), Paralympic swimmer{{Cite web |url=http://www.paralimpicos.es/atletas/ramos-castillo-jose |title=Jose Ramos Castillo |publisher=Spanish Paralympic Committee |language=es |access-date=10 January 2019}}
- Patricia Campos Doménech (born 1977), naval aviator and football coach{{Cite news |url=https://www.levante-emv.com/castello/2016/07/10/ondense-patricia-campos-premiada-galardon/1442835.html |title=La ondense Patricia Campos premiada con el galardón Miki Roqué por la Paz |trans-title=Onda Native Patricia Campos Wins the Miki Roqué Award for Peace |work=Levante-EMV |language=es |date=9 July 2016 |access-date=10 January 2019}}
- Vicente Ballester (born 1980), cyclist{{Cite news |url=https://www.elperiodicomediterraneo.com/noticias/deportes/vicente-ballester-escasos-dos-minutos_282388.html |title=Vicente Ballester, a escasos dos minutos |trans-title=Vicente Ballester, Just Two Minutes Away |work=El Periódico Mediterráneo |language=es |date=3 March 2007 |access-date=10 January 2019}}
- Víctor Cabedo (1989–2012), cyclist{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/euskaltels-cabedo-killed-in-training-accident|title=Euskaltel's Cabedo killed in training accident|work=Cyclingnews|date=19 September 2012|access-date=17 December 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130101191822/http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/euskaltels-cabedo-killed-in-training-accident|archive-date=1 January 2013|url-status=dead}}
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Onda}}
- [http://www.ondaweb.info Web de l'Ajuntament d'Onda]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100618120114/http://www.ive.es/pegv/start.jsp Institut Valencià d'Estadística].
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080526224556/http://www.just.gva.es/civis/va/index_menu.htm Portal de la Direcció General d'Administració Local de la Generalitat].
- [http://www.Onda.es Portal de l'Ajuntament d'Onda, d'on s'ha extret informació].
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