| Sollana | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Pushpin Map: | Spain |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Spain |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Spain |
| Subdivision Type1: | Autonomous community |
| Subdivision Type2: | Province |
| Subdivision Name2: | Valencia |
| Subdivision Type3: | Comarca |
| Subdivision Name3: | Ribera Baixa |
| Subdivision Type4: | Judicial district |
| Subdivision Name4: | Sueca |
| Coordinates: | 39.2786°N -0.3808°W |
| Elevation M: | 4 |
| Area Total Km2: | 39.2 |
| Population Demonym: | Sollanero/a |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Blank Name Sec1: | Official language(s) |
| Blank Info Sec1: | Valencian |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Timezone Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 46430 |
| Area Code Type: | Dialing code |
| Leader Title: | Alcalde |
| Leader Name: | Alicia Hervás Serra |
Sollana is a municipality in the comarca of Ribera Baixa in the Valencian Community, Spain. The municipality includes a second village: El Romaní.
Situated on the floodplain of the Júcar River,[1] the Sollana region is where rice was first grown in Spain 1,200 years ago,[2] and is also the heartland of the famous Spanish dish paella.[3] The economy of the area is still based mainly on agriculture: rice, oranges and livestock.
In the early Middle Ages, Sollana was a small Visigothic settlement. Later, records from the al-Andalus period name it Sulyanah, chief village of a region including the hamlets of Romaní, Alcahecia and Trullás. After the Reconquista in the thirteenth century, James I of Aragon gave it to his vassal Ximén d'Urrea, and it eventually ended up part of the Dukedom of Híjar. In January 1932, during the Second Spanish Republic, anarchists briefly declared a Soviet Republic of Sollana.[4]
The patron saint of Sollana is Mary Magdalene. She is celebrated annually in the summer festivities, which begin on her feast day, July 22, and continue through August 14, when the city council throws a "night of the paellas" in the city centre, and end in late August with a traditional bullring.