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The city currently has 113,453 registered inhabitants from 120 nationalities, reflecting its extraordinary demographic growth in recent years

The competition includes the performance of a required piece, “REINA DE LA SAL” (Queen of Salt), with lyrics by Pilar Páez and music by Aurelio Martínez. This element ensures technical fairness among participants and raises the artistic level of the contest.

Ukraine reinforces its position as the leading foreign nationality, followed by Russia, Colombia, and the United Kingdom. More than 55% of Torrevieja's population is between 30 and 69 years old, with a balance maintained between men and women. The international population has increased in the last year, rising from 55,390 to 59,205 residents, representing a considerable growth of 3,815 people.

Valencian Radio and Television and the Municipal Board of Habaneras have signed a collaboration agreement.

The presenter of this next edition of the contest will be the TVE journalist Ana Belén Roy. Torrevieja is like this, by composer Mario Bustillo and lyrics by Mari Paz Andréu, will be the obligatory habanera of this seventy-first edition of the contest.

Starting tomorrow, Thursday, March 6, appointments will be made available to citizens for processing new registrations and changes of address, through the electronic headquarters of the Torrevieja City Council.

The main hall of the Cervantes Institute of Madrid was dressed up yesterday, Friday, May 17, to host an interesting proposal arising from the collaboration agreement between the Municipal Board of Habaneras of Torrevieja and the Cervantes Institute itself, around the genre of Havana.

In the Ordinary Plenary Session held last Monday, April 29, the initial approval of the Ordinance Regulating Works and Services in the Public Domain and Use dependent on the Torrevieja City Council was carried out, which has the character of a general regulatory provision, in the exercise of ordinary municipal jurisdiction that regulates the aspects of intervention and control for the drafting and execution of Urbanization Projects and Ordinary Works Projects.

The Councilor for Culture and vice president of the Torrevieja International Habaneras and Polyphony Contest, Antonio Quesada, presented this morning the 29th International Habaneras Youth Contest, which will be held next Saturday, April 20, at the Municipal Theater, at 6:00 p.m.

The Councilor for Culture of the Torrevieja City Council, Antonio Quesada, presented this morning together with Jesús García and Francisco Moreno, members of the Asociación Voces Líricas del Mediterráneo, the project called “Habaneras en tu puerta” that will be developed by the Municipal Habaneras Board of Trustees through this association.

Last Friday, February 23, a total of 18 Comincrea Master students, from Algeria, Argentina, Brazil, China, Colombia, Cuba, France and Spain, toured iconic and representative spaces of Havana in Torrevieja, with the aim to feed the conceptualization and design of the exhibition on which they have been working since last year.

The Local Government Board (JGL) of the Torrevieja City Council has approved this morning the modification of the contract signed with the company PAREDES PEDROSA ARQUITECTOS SLP, winner of the contract for the provision of the drafting service for the Eras de la Salt, which includes the construction of the Museum of the Sea and Salt, the multipurpose venue with the main destination for the celebration of the International Habaneras and Polyphony Contest, as well as its complementary infrastructures and the surrounding urbanization.

The overall action will involve an estimated municipal investment of one million euros, and will involve the adaptation and landscaping of this entire space for the enjoyment of citizens.

It should be noted that in just seven months, from January to July 2023, a total of 1,168 Ukrainians have been registered in the city, mainly due to the Russian invasion in this country, which began in February 2022.