Guardamar del Segura

"Guardamar del Segura, también conocida simplemente como Guardamar, es una ciudad y municipio costero de la provincia de Alicante, en la Comunidad Valenciana, España. Situado en la costa sureste de la provincia, forma parte de la comarca de la Vega Baja del Segura. Cuenta con 15 589 habitantes (INE 2015). En su término municipal se encuentra la desembocadura del río Segura; la localidad es también conocida por su , plantado a principios del siglo XX para frenar el avance de las dunas móviles litorales, que hasta ese momento invadían los campos de cultivo aledaños."

"Guardamar del Segura (Valencian pronunciation: [waðama ðe seua]) or briefly Guardamar is a municipality of the province of Alicante located at the mouth of the river Segura in southern Valencia (autonomous community), Spain. It is a Mediterranean resort, with a large pine forest abutting an 11-km-long white sand beach. Historically an area of fishermen and farmers, Guardamar del Segura is the southernmost point where Valenciano (a dialect of Catalan) is spoken. A Phoenician colony, called Herna by Roman geographer Avienus in his book Ora Maritima was the first settlement near the mouth of Segura river, In Spanish, "guardar" means "safekeeping" and "mar" means "sea", and this is another possible basis for its current name. Guardamar is the southernmost Catalan-speaking town and in 1991 41.8% of the town's residents could speak it. Guardamar hosts local festivals like Moros i Cristians, L'Encantà, and Fogueres de Sant Joan, which commemorate its history."