Horta Sud
Horta Sud is a comarca in the province of Valencia, Valencian Community, Spain, to the south of the city.
Geography
It borders, to the north with the city of Valencia and the Horta Nord, to the northwest with Camp de Túria, to the west with Hoya de Buñol and Ribera Alta, to the east with Albufera Natural Park, and to the south with Ribera Baixa and Ribera Alta.Municipalities
Language
Horta Sud is located within the Valencian-speaking linguistic area. Due to the arrival of numerous Spanish-speaking immigrants in the 60s and 70s, the percentage of Valencian speakers has been reduced in many municipalities. Even so, it is the sub-region with the greatest knowledge and use of Valencian in the metropolitan area of Valencia. Since 2017, 72% of the schools in Horta Sud teach entirely in Valencian.History
The Horta Sud region was created in 1989 and included part of the former Ribera Baja region and part of the historic Horta de València. These old regions appear on Emili Beüt's map of regions "Comarques naturals del Regne de València" published in 1934.In 2023, the municipalities of the controversial Horta Oest region were officially assigned to the Horta Sud region, with the exception of Paterna, which was added to the Horta Nord region.