Castile-La Mancha
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Capital | Toledo | |
Area – Total – % of Spain |
Ranked 3rd 79 463 km² 15,7% |
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Population – Total (2003) – % of Spain – Density |
Ranked 9th 1 782 038 4,3% 22,43/km² |
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Demonym – English – Spanish |
Castilian-Manchego castellano-manchego |
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Statute of Autonomy | August 16, 1982 | |
ISO 3166-2 | CM | |
Parliamentary representation – Congress seats – Senate seats |
20 2 |
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President | José María Barreda Fontes (PSOE) | |
Gobierno de Castilla-La Mancha |
Castile-La Mancha (Spanish Castilla-La Mancha) is an autonomous community of Spain.
Castile-La Mancha is bordered by Castile and León, Madrid, Aragon, Valencia, Murcia, Andalusia, and Extremadura.
Castile-La Mancha is composed of the provinces of Toledo, Ciudad Real, Cuenca, Guadalajara, and Albacete.
The capital of Castile-La Mancha is Toledo.
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 economic disparity between the capital and the remaining new-castilian provinces.
It is a common misunderstanding to assimilate Castile-La Mancha to its inner region La Mancha.
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Andalusia | Aragon | Asturias | Balearic Islands | Basque Country | Canary Islands | Cantabria | Castile–La Mancha | Castile–Leon | Catalonia | Extremadura | Galicia | Madrid | Murcia | Navarre | La Rioja | Valencia | Ceuta | Melilla | Plazas de soberanía |