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Comunidad Autónoma de Castilla-La Mancha
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FlagCoat of arms
CapitalToledo
Official language(s)Spanish
Area
 – Total
 – % of Spain		Ranked 3rd
 79,463 km
 15.7%
Population
 – Total (2005)
 – % of Spain
 – Density		Ranked 9th
 1,894,667
 4.3%
 23.84/km
Demonym
 – English
 – Spanish
 Castilian-Manchego
 castellano-manchego
Statute of AutonomyAugust 16, 1982
Parliamentary
representation
 – Congress seats
 – Senate seats

 20
 2
PresidentJosé María Barreda Fontes (PSOE)
ISO 3166-2CM
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. It is one of the most sparsely populated of Spain's autonomous communities.

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 in this province where the famous Spanish novel Don Quixote by Cervantes takes place. 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, windmills, Manchego cheese and, of course, Don Quijote.

La Mancha's history has been tumultuous. Going as far back as the Muslim domination of the Iberian peninsula, La Mancha was the center of many battles between Christian and Muslim forces. Moreover, this region saw a lot of struggle in the 14th and 15th century with the unification of Castile and Aragon in 1492 under Queen Isabel and King Ferdinand.

Castile-La Mancha is divided into 5 provinces named after their capital cities: Other important towns in Castile-La Mancha (with more than 25 000 inhabitants) are:
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Municipalites of Castile-La Mancha

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Provinces of Castile-La Mancha
Provinces: Albacete | Ciudad Real | Cuenca | Guadalajara | Toledo


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State Party  Spain
Type Cultural
Criteria i, ii, iii, iv
Reference 379
Region Europe

Inscription History
Inscription 1986  (10th Session)
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Rank
Name
Area
Percentage


1 Castile-Leon 94 223 km² 18.6%

2 Andalusia 87 268 km² 17.2%

3 Castile-La Mancha 79 463 km² 15.7%

4 Aragon 47 719 km² 9.
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Distances shorter than 1010 m
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Rank
Name
Population
Percentage
Density


1 Andalusia 7 849 799 17,9% 89,95/km²

2 Catalonia 6 995 206 15,9% 217,82/km²

3 Madrid 5 964 143 13,5% 745,98/km²
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Writing system: Latin (English variant) 
Official status
Official language of: 53 countries
Regulated by: no official regulation
Language codes
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Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII
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Las Cortes Generales
The General Courts

Type Bicameral
Houses El Senado de España
Congreso de los Diputados
President of the Senate Francisco Javier Rojo García, PSOE PSE-EE
since 2004
President of the Congress Manuel Marín González, PSOE
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El Congreso de los Diputados
The Congress of Deputies

Type Lower house
Houses Congreso de los Diputados
President Manuel Marín González, PSOE
since 2004

Members 350
Political groups PSOE, PP, CiU, ERC, PNV, IU, Mixto
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El Senado de España
The Spanish Senate

Type Upper house
Houses Senate
President Francisco Javier Rojo García, PSOE PSE-EE
since 2004

Members 259
Political groups PP, PSOE, ECP, PNV, CiU, CC, Mixto
Last elections 2004
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Spain

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Motto
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"Further Beyond"
Anthem
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Comunidad de Madrid

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Capital Madrid
Official language(s) Spanish
Area
 – Total
 – % of Spain Ranked 12th
 8,030.1 km
 1.
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Comunidad Autónoma de Aragón
Comunidá Autonoma d'Aragón
Comunitat Autònoma d'Aragó

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Anthem: Himno de Aragón
Capital Zaragoza
Official language(s) Spanish
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Comunitat Valenciana
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Capital Valencia
Official language(s) Valencian and
Spanish
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Comunidad Autónoma de la Región de Murcia

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Capital Murcia
Official language(s) Spanish;
Area
 – Total
 – % of Spain Ranked 9th
 11,313 km
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Comunidad Autónoma de Andalucía

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Motto: Andalucía por sí, para España y la humanidad
(Andalusia by herself, for Spain, and for humankind)
Anthem: La bandera blanca y verde
Capital  Seville

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Comunidad Autónoma de Extremadura

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Capital Mérida
Official language(s) Spanish;
Area
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 – % of Spain Ranked 5th
 41,634 km
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