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Tabarca

Tabarca, officially Isla Plana or Nueva Tabarca, is an island in the Mediterranean about 22 kilometres from Alicante and 8 kilometres from the port of Santa Pola. It is the largest island of the Valencian Community and the only inhabited one. Administratively it is a district of Alicante, and its village had 60 inhabitants in 2025. The island covers 30 hectares, up to 1,850 metres long and 450 metres wide. It is nearly flat, reaching only 15 metres above sea level. A narrowing in its western third holds the port and the two beaches, and separates the walled town from the rest of the island. The islets of La Nao, La Galera and La Cantera lie close by. The Romans called it Planaria, and in medieval times it was known as San Pablo. Its present name came with Genoese refugees from the Tunisian island of Tabarka in 1770. The island is a declared marine reserve of the Mediterranean and a Site of Cultural Interest.