CARCAGENTE or CARCAJENTE, a town of eastern Spain, in the province of Valencia, near the right bank of the river Jucar, at the junction of the Valencia-Murcia and Carca gente-Denia-Alicante railways. Pop. (193o) 15,393. Carcagente is a picturesque old town with Roman remains, surrounded by the dense olive, carob, palm, mulberry and orange groves of some of the most productive land, thanks to irrigation, of the Valencian plain. Its many cupolas contrast with the chimneys of modern silk mills and linen factories. Orange essences and soap are made, and rice cultivation is important locally owing to the warm, moist climate of the low-lying Jucar valley.