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Castile-La Mancha (Spanish
Spanish language

Spanish or Castilian is a Romance languages that originated in northern Spain, and gradually spread in the Kingdom of Castile and evolved into the principal language of government and trade....
 "Castilla-La Mancha") is an autonomous community of Spain
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
.

Castile-La Mancha is bordered by Castile and León
Castile and León

Castile and Le?n , known formally as the Community of Castile and Le?n is one of the seventeen Autonomous communities of Spain of Spain. It was constructed from Old Castile and Le?n in 1983....
, Madrid, Aragon
Aragon

Aragon is an autonomous communities of Spain of Spain. Located in northeastern Spain, the region comprises three provinces of Spain from north to south: Huesca , Zaragoza , and Teruel ....
, Valencia, Murcia
Region of Murcia

The Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia is one of Spain's seventeen Autonomous communities of Spain. It is located in the southeast of the country, between Andalusia and Valencia , on the Mediterranean Sea coast....
, Andalusia
Andalusia

Andalusia is a country in the Spanish State. It is the most populous and the second largest, in terms of land area, of the seventeen autonomous communities of the Spain....
, and Extremadura
Extremadura

Extremadura is an autonomous communities in Spain of western Spain whose capital city is M?rida, Spain. It includes the provinces of Spain of C?ceres and Badajoz ....
. It is one of the most sparsely populated of Spain's autonomous communities.

Its capital city is Toledo
Toledo, Spain

Toledo is a city and municipality located in central Spain, 70 km south of Madrid. It is the capital city of the province of Toledo and of the autonomous communities of Spain of Castile-La Mancha....
, and its most populated city is Albacete
Albacete

Albacete is a city and municipality in southeastern Spain, 258 km southeast of Madrid, the capital of the Albacete in the autonomous communities of Spain of Castilla-La Mancha....
.

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 mostly in this region where the story of the famous Spanish novel Don Quixote
Don Quixote

, fully titled is an early novel written by Spain author Miguel de Cervantes. Cervantes created a fictional origin for the story based upon a manuscript by the invented Moors historian, Cide Hamete Benengeli....
 by Miguel de Cervantes
Miguel de Cervantes

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra was a Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright. His magnum opus, Don Quixote, considered the first modern novel by many, is a classic of Western literature and is regularly regarded among the best novels ever written....
 is situated.






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Castile-La Mancha (Spanish
Spanish language

Spanish or Castilian is a Romance languages that originated in northern Spain, and gradually spread in the Kingdom of Castile and evolved into the principal language of government and trade....
 "Castilla-La Mancha") is an autonomous community of Spain
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
.

Castile-La Mancha is bordered by Castile and León
Castile and León

Castile and Le?n , known formally as the Community of Castile and Le?n is one of the seventeen Autonomous communities of Spain of Spain. It was constructed from Old Castile and Le?n in 1983....
, Madrid, Aragon
Aragon

Aragon is an autonomous communities of Spain of Spain. Located in northeastern Spain, the region comprises three provinces of Spain from north to south: Huesca , Zaragoza , and Teruel ....
, Valencia, Murcia
Region of Murcia

The Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia is one of Spain's seventeen Autonomous communities of Spain. It is located in the southeast of the country, between Andalusia and Valencia , on the Mediterranean Sea coast....
, Andalusia
Andalusia

Andalusia is a country in the Spanish State. It is the most populous and the second largest, in terms of land area, of the seventeen autonomous communities of the Spain....
, and Extremadura
Extremadura

Extremadura is an autonomous communities in Spain of western Spain whose capital city is M?rida, Spain. It includes the provinces of Spain of C?ceres and Badajoz ....
. It is one of the most sparsely populated of Spain's autonomous communities.

Its capital city is Toledo
Toledo, Spain

Toledo is a city and municipality located in central Spain, 70 km south of Madrid. It is the capital city of the province of Toledo and of the autonomous communities of Spain of Castile-La Mancha....
, and its most populated city is Albacete
Albacete

Albacete is a city and municipality in southeastern Spain, 258 km southeast of Madrid, the capital of the Albacete in the autonomous communities of Spain of Castilla-La Mancha....
.

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 mostly in this region where the story of the famous Spanish novel Don Quixote
Don Quixote

, fully titled is an early novel written by Spain author Miguel de Cervantes. Cervantes created a fictional origin for the story based upon a manuscript by the invented Moors historian, Cide Hamete Benengeli....
 by Miguel de Cervantes
Miguel de Cervantes

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra was a Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright. His magnum opus, Don Quixote, considered the first modern novel by many, is a classic of Western literature and is regularly regarded among the best novels ever written....
 is situated. Although La Mancha
La Mancha

La Mancha is an arid, fertile, elevated plateau of central Spain, south of Madrid, stretching between the Montes de Toledo and the western spurs of the Cerros de Cuenca, and bounded on the south by the Sierra Morena and on the north by the La Alcarria region....
 is a windswept, battered plateau ("manxa" means parched earth in Arabic; hence La Mancha
La Mancha

La Mancha is an arid, fertile, elevated plateau of central Spain, south of Madrid, stretching between the Montes de Toledo and the western spurs of the Cerros de Cuenca, and bounded on the south by the Sierra Morena and on the north by the La Alcarria region....
 is not definitively related to the Spanish word "mancha", or stain, which is derived from Latin
Latin

Latin is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Through the Military history of the Roman Empire, Latin spread throughout the Mediterranean and a large part of Europe....
 "macula") it remains a symbol of the Spanish culture with its sunflowers, mushrooms, oliveyards, windmills, Manchego cheese
Manchego cheese

File:Manchego.jpgManchego cheese is a sheep milk cheese made in the La Mancha region of Spain. Manchego is aged for 3 months or longer, and is a semi-firm cheese with a rich golden colour and small holes....
, and Don Quixote.

History

The history of Castile-La Mancha has been significant. Its origin lay in 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
Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa

The July 16 1212 battle of Las Navas de Tolosa is considered a major turning point in the history of Medieval Iberian Peninsula. The forces of King Alfonso VIII of Castile were joined by the armies of his Christian rivals, Sancho VII of Navarre, Pedro II of Aragon and Afonso II of Portugal in battle against the Berber people Muslim Almohad...
, which aftermath assured the Castilian domination of the region with the decline of the Almohad Dynasty). It was also the region were the unification of Castile
Crown of Castile

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 Kingdom of Le?n and Kingdom of Castile, or more concretely, with the union of their parliaments a few decades later....
 and Aragon
Aragon

Aragon is an autonomous communities of Spain of Spain. Located in northeastern Spain, the region comprises three provinces of Spain from north to south: Huesca , Zaragoza , and Teruel ....
 in 1492 under Queen Isabel and King Ferdinand
Catholic Monarchs

The Catholic Monarchs is the collective title used in history for Isabella I of Castile of Crown of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon of Crown of Aragon....
 was created.

Region

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

  • Albacete
    Albacete (province)

    Albacete is a Provinces of Spain of central Spain, in the southern part of the Autonomous communities of Spain of Castile-La Mancha. It is bordered by the provinces of Granada , Region of Murcia, Alicante , Valencia , Cuenca , Ciudad Real and Ja?n ....
  • Ciudad Real
    Ciudad Real (province)

    Ciudad Real is a Provinces of Spain of central Spain, in the southwestern part of the Autonomous communities of Spain of Castile-La Mancha. It is bordered by the provinces of Cuenca , Albacete , Ja?n Province, Spain, C?rdoba , Badajoz , and Toledo ....
  • Cuenca
    Cuenca (province)

    Cuenca is a Provinces of Spain of central Spain, in the eastern part of the Autonomous communities of Spain of Castile-La Mancha. It is bordered by the provinces of Valencia , Albacete , Ciudad Real , Toledo , Community of Madrid, Guadalajara , and Teruel ....
  • Guadalajara
    Guadalajara (province)

    Guadalajara is a Provinces of Spain of central/north-central Spain, in the northern part of the Autonomous communities of Spain of Castile-La Mancha....
  • Toledo
    Toledo (province)

    Toledo is a Province of central Spain, in the western part of the Autonomous communities of Spain of Castile-La Mancha.It is bordered by the provinces of Community of Madrid, Cuenca , Ciudad Real , Badajoz , C?ceres , and ?vila ....


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

  • Talavera de la Reina, Toledo
  • Puertollano
    Puertollano

    Puertollano is an industrial city in Ciudad Real , Castilla-La Mancha, Spain. It is situated on the AVE High Speed Train line linking Madrid and Seville ....
    , Ciudad Real
  • Tomelloso
    Tomelloso

    Tomelloso is a municipality in Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha, Spain. It has a population of 33,548 ....
    , Ciudad Real
  • Hellín
    Hellín

    Hell?n is a town and municipality located in the south of the Albacete , in Castile-La Mancha, Spain. It has a population of 32,034 in 2006; 30,026 in 1950, 22,651 in 1981....
    , Albacete
  • Alcázar de San Juan
    Alcázar de San Juan

    or simply Alc?zar is a town and municipality in the province of Ciudad Real , part of the autonomous communities of Spain of Castile-La Mancha, Spain....
    , Ciudad Real
  • Valdepeñas
    Valdepeñas

    Valdepe?as is a municipality in the Spain province of Ciudad Real , in the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha. It is also head of the judicial district that groups of localities of Moral de Calatrava, Santa Cruz de Mudela, Viso del Marqu?s, Torrenueva, Castellar de Santiago and Almuradiel....
    , Ciudad Real
  • Almansa
    Almansa

    Almansa is a Spain town and municipality in the province of Albacete , part of the autonomous communities of Spain of Castile-La Mancha. The municipality borders with Alicante, Valencia and Murcia....
    , Albacete
  • Azuqueca de Henares
    Azuqueca de Henares

    Azuqueca de Henares is a municipality located in the Guadalajara , Castile-La Mancha, Spain. According to the 2008 census , the municipality has a population of 30,794 inhabitants....
    , Guadalajara
Other towns in Castile-La Mancha (with less than 25 000 inhabitants) are:
  • Caudete
    Caudete

    Caudete is a municipality in Albacete, Castile-La Mancha, Spain. It has a population of 10,003 and is located at .Until the 19th century the dominant language in the municipality was Valencian language Catalan language with some aspects of Aragonese language....
    , Albacete
  • Puebla de Don Rodrigo
    Puebla de Don Rodrigo

    Puebla de Don Rodrigo is a municipality in Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha, Spain. It has a population of 1,327....
    , Ciudad Real
  • Villanueva de la Jara
    Villanueva de la Jara

    Villanueva de la Jara is a municipality in Cuenca, Castile-La Mancha, Spain. It has a population of 2,132....
    , Cuenca
  • Alustante
    Alustante

    Alustante is a municipality located in the judicial region of Molina de Arag?n, in Guadalajara , Castile-La Mancha, Spain. According to the 2008 census , the village has a population of 236 inhabitants....
    , Guadalajara
  • Mazarambroz
    Mazarambroz

    Mazarambroz is a municipality located in the Toledo , Castile-La Mancha, Spain. According to the 2006 census , the municipality has a population of 1314 inhabitants....
    , Toledo
  • Bargas, Toledo

See also

  • La Mancha
    La Mancha

    La Mancha is an arid, fertile, elevated plateau of central Spain, south of Madrid, stretching between the Montes de Toledo and the western spurs of the Cerros de Cuenca, and bounded on the south by the Sierra Morena and on the north by the La Alcarria region....
  • Castile and León
    Castile and León

    Castile and Le?n , known formally as the Community of Castile and Le?n is one of the seventeen Autonomous communities of Spain of Spain. It was constructed from Old Castile and Le?n in 1983....
  • Old Castile
    Old Castile

    Old Castile is a historic region of Spain, which included territory that later corresponded to the provinces of politically, Santander , Burgos , Logro?o , Soria , Segovia , ?vila , Valladolid , Palencia ....
  • New Castile
  • Crown of Castile
    Crown of Castile

    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 Kingdom of Le?n and Kingdom of Castile, or more concretely, with the union of their parliaments a few decades later....
  • Castilian-Manchego cuisine
    Castilian-Manchego cuisine

    Castilian-Manchego cuisine refers to the typical dishes and ingredients in the cuisine of Castile-La Mancha region of Spain. These include pisto , gazpacho manchego, the famous queso manchego , the white wine of La Mancha, and the red wine from Valdepe?as....
  • University of Castile-La Mancha
    University of Castilla-La Mancha

    The University of Castilla-La Mancha, offers courses in the cities of Albacete, Ciudad Real, Cuenca, Spain, Toledo, Spain, Almad?n, Talavera de la Reina and Puertollano....