Comunidad Autónoma de Castilla-La Mancha

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Capital	Toledo
Official languages	Spanish
Area  – Total  – % of Spain	Ranked 3rd  79,463 km²  15. A coat of arms or armorial bearings (often just arms for short in European tradition is a design belonging to a particular person (or group of people Toledo Spain locationpng|thumb|right|200px|Location of Toledo in Spain An official language is a Language that is given a special legal status in a particular Country, State, or other territory Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. Here is a list of the autonomous communities of Spain in order of Area. To help compare Orders of magnitude of different geographical regions  Areas between 10000 km² and 100000 km² are listed here Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 7%
Population  – Total (2005)  – % of Spain  – Density	Ranked 9th  1,987,667  4. In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology The density of a material is defined as its Mass per unit Volume: \rho = \frac{m}{V} Different materials usually have different Here is a list of the autonomous communities and autonomous cities of Spain in order of Population ( 2005) 3%  23. 84/km²
Demonym  – English  – Spanish	Castilian-Manchego  Castellano-manchego/a
Statute of Autonomy	August 16, 1982
Parliamentary representation  – Congress seats  – Senate seats	21 [1]  20 + 2 [2]
President	José María Barreda Fontes (PSOE)
ISO 3166-2	CM
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Castile-La Mancha (Spanish "Castilla-La Mancha") is an autonomous community of Spain. A demonym or gentilic is a word that denotes the members of a People or the inhabitants of a place English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States Events 1384 - The Hongwu Emperor of Ming China, Emperor Dong hears a case of a couple who tore paper money bills while fighting Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) The Cortes Generales ( Spanish for General Courts or Cortes Españolas, Spanish Courts) is the Legislature of Spain. The Spanish Congress of Deputies (Spanish Congreso de los Diputados) is the lower house of the Cortes Generales, Spain 's Legislative branch. The Spanish Senate ( Senado de España in Spanish) is the upper house of Spain 's Parliament, the Cortes Generales. The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party, commonly abbreviated by its Spanish initials PSOE ( P artido S ocialista O brero E spañol is ISO 3166-2 is an ISO standard which defines Geocodes The section that applies to Spain codes the Provinces of Spain. An autonomous community is a first-level political division of the Kingdom of Spain, established in accordance with the Spanish Constitution. Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.

Castile-La Mancha is bordered by Castile and León, Madrid, Aragon, Valencia, Murcia, Andalusia, and Extremadura. Castile and León (Castilla y León known formally as the Community of Castile and León is one of the seventeen autonomous communities of Spain. Aragon ( Spanish: "Aragón") is an autonomous community of Spain. The Valencian Community ( Valencian and official Comunitat Valenciana; Comunidad Valenciana is an Autonomous community located in central to The Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia (Spanish Comunidad Autónoma de la Región de Murcia) is one of Spain 's seventeen autonomous communities Andalusia (Andalucía is an autonomous community of Spain. It is the most populous and the second largest in terms of land area Extremadura is an autonomous community of western Spain whose capital city is Mérida. It is one of the most sparsely populated of Spain's autonomous communities.

The capital of Castile-La Mancha is Toledo. Toledo Spain locationpng|thumb|right|200px|Location of Toledo in Spain

Castile-La Mancha was formerly grouped with the province of Madrid into New Castile ("Castilla la Nueva"), but with the advent of the modern Spanish system of semi-autonomous regions ("las autonomías"), it was separated due to great demographic disparity between the capital and the remaining New-Castilian provinces.

It is in this region where the famous Spanish novel "Don Quixote" by Miguel de Cervantes was written. es '''''Don Quixote''''' (, see spelling and pronunciation below fully titled es '''''El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha''''' ("The Ingenious Hidalgo Don Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra ( in modern Spanish; September 29, 1547 &ndash April 22, 1616) was a Spanish Novelist Although La Mancha is a windswept, battered plateau ("manxa" means parched earth in Arabic; hence La Mancha is not definitively related to the Spanish word "mancha", or stain, which is derived from Latin "macula") it remains a symbol of the Spanish culture with its sunflowers, oliveyards, windmills, Manchego cheese and "Don Quijote". La Mancha is an arid fertile elevated plateau (610 m or 2000 ft La Mancha is an arid fertile elevated plateau (610 m or 2000 ft Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Manchego cheese is a Sheep milk Cheese made in the La Mancha region of '''Spain'''.

History

The history of Castile-La Mancha has been significant. Its origin was founded during the Muslim period between the 8th and 14th century. Castile-La Mancha was the region of many historical battles between Christian crusaders and Muslim forces during the period of 1000 to the 14th centuries (until the Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa, which aftermath assured the Castilian domination of the region with the decline of the Almohad Dynasty). The July 16 1212 battle of Las Navas de Tolosa ( Spanish: Batalla de Las Navas de Tolosa / Arabic: معركة العقاب The Almohad Dynasty (From Arabic الموحدون al-Muwahhidun, i It was also the region were the unification of Castile and Aragon in 1492 under Queen Isabel and King Ferdinand was created. The Crown of Castile, as a historic entity is usually considered to have begun in 1230 with the third and definitive union of the two kingdoms of León and Castile Aragon ( Spanish: "Aragón") is an autonomous community of Spain. The Catholic Monarchs (los Reyes Católicos is the collective title used in history for Queen Isabella I of Castile and King Ferdinand II of Aragon

Region

Castile-La Mancha is divided into 5 provinces named after their capital cities. The following category includes:

• Albacete
• Ciudad Real
• Cuenca
• Guadalajara
• Toledo

Other important towns in Castile-La Mancha (with more than 25 000 inhabitants) are:

• Talavera de la Reina, Toledo
• Puertollano, Ciudad Real
• Tomelloso, Ciudad Real
• Hellín, Albacete
• Alcázar de San Juan, Ciudad Real
• Valdepeñas, Ciudad Real
• Almansa, Albacete
• Azuqueca de Henares, Guadalajara

Other towns in Castile-La Mancha (with less than 25 000 inhabitants) are:

• Caudete, Albacete
• Puebla de Don Rodrigo, Ciudad Real
• Villanueva de la Jara, Cuenca
• Alustante, Guadalajara
• Mazarambroz, Toledo

Municipalites of Castile-La Mancha. Albacete is a province of central Spain, in the southern part of the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha. Ciudad Real is a province of central Spain, in the southwestern part of the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha. Cuenca is a province of central Spain, in the eastern part of the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha. Guadalajara is a province of central/north-central Spain, in the northern part of the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha. Toledo is a province of central Spain, in the western part of the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha. Talavera de la Reina is a city and Municipality in the western part of the province of Toledo, which in turn is part of the autonomous community of Puertollano is an industrial city in Ciudad Real Province, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain. Tomelloso is a Municipality in Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha, Spain. Hellín is a Town and Municipality located in the south of the province of Albacete, in Castile-La Mancha, Spain. Alcázar de San Juan or simply Alcázar is a town and Municipality in the province of Ciudad Real, part of the autonomous community of Valdepeñas is a municipality in the Spanish province of Ciudad Real, in the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha. Almansa is a Spanish city and Municipality in the province of Albacete, part of the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha. Azuqueca de Henares is a municipality located in the province of Guadalajara, Castile-La Mancha, Spain. Caudete is a Municipality in Albacete, Castile-La Mancha, Spain. Puebla de Don Rodrigo is a Municipality in Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha, Spain. Villanueva de la Jara is a municipality in Cuenca, Castile-La Mancha, Spain. Alustante is a municipality located in the judicial region of Molina de Aragón, in province of Guadalajara, Castile-La Mancha, Spain. Mazarambroz is a municipality located in the province of Toledo, Castile-La Mancha, Spain.

References

See also

• La Mancha
• Castile and León
• Old Castile
• New Castile
• Crown of Castile
• Castilian-Manchego cuisine