Las Provincias is a regional newspaper published in Valencia, Spain. Founded in 1866, it is one of the oldest publications in the country.
Las Provincias was first published in Valencia in January 1866.[1] The paper is part of the Vocento Group[2] and is published by Federico Domenech SA.[3] The daily has six local editions published in La Ribera, Camp de Morvedre, La Costera, La Safor, La Marina and Castellon.[2][3]
Since its foundation in 1866 Las Provincias has been always defending the rights of Valencia City following the ideas of the founder the poet Teodoro Llorente Olivares. In 1957 after the 1957 Valencia flood the director of the paper was forced to resign by the governor of Francisco Franco [4]
Las Provincias has a right-wing political stance.[5] In the 1960s the paper opposed the attempts of intellectuals to revive the culture and language of the region.
The paper has a supplement, namely XL Semanal.[6]
Las Provincias sold 58,354 copies in 1993.[7][8] Its circulation was 42,905 copies in 2002.[9] It was 28,000 copies in 2011.[10] The paper had a circulation of 20,771 copies in 2014.[2]
