Castilla-La Mancha - Definition and Overview

Comunidad Autónoma de
Castilla-La Mancha

Capital	Toledo
Area  - total  - % of Spain	Ranked 3rd 79 463 km² 15,7%
Population  - Total (2003)  - % of Spain  - Density	Ranked 9th 1 782 038 4,3% 22,43/km²
Demonym  - English  - Spanish	Castilian-Manchego castellano-manchego
Statute of Autonomy	August 16, 1982
ISO 3166-2	CM
Parliamentary representation  Congress seats  Senate seats	20 2
President	José María Barreda Fontes (PSOE)
Gobierno de Castilla-La Mancha (http://www.jccm.es)

Castile-La Mancha (Spanish Castilla-La Mancha) is an autonomous community of Spain.

Castile-La Mancha is bordered by Castile-Leon, 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, but with the advent of the autonomía system 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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