CARCAGENTE, or CARCAJENTE  , a town of eastern Spain, in the province of Valencia; near the right bank of the river Jucar, at the junction between the Valencia-Murcia and Carcagente-Denia railways . Pop . (1900) 12,262 . Carcagente is a picturesque town, of considerable antiquity . Various Roman remains have been found in its neighbourhood . It is surrounded by groves of orange, palm and mulberry trees, and contains many Moorish houses, whose old-fashioned blue-tiled cupolas contrast with the chimneys of the silk mills and linen factories opened in modern times . An important local industry is the cultivation of rice, for which the moist and warm climate of the low-lying Jilcar valley is well suited .