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Palmeral of Elche

The Palmeral or Palm Grove of Elche (Spanish: Palmeral de Elche) is the generic name used to designate a system of date palm orchards in the city of Elche. Currently, in the urban area of Elche there are a total of 97 different orchards containing about 70,000 date palms, mostly in the east bank of the Vinalopo. This number does not include other large plantations located around the city proper. All together, the number may be close to 200,000 palms. The Palm Grove covers over 3.5 km2, including 1.5 km2 within the city of Elche. It is the only palm grove of its type anywhere in Europe and one of the largest in the world.