Ciudad Real Province

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Ciudad Real,
Castile-La Mancha ,  Spain
Coat of arms of the province of Ciudad Real
coat of arms 		Flag of Ciudad Real Province
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Basic data
Autonomous Community : Castile-La Mancha
Capital : Ciudad Real
Official language : Spanish
Area : 19,813 km²
Residents : 495,761 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density : 25.02 inhabitants / km²
ISO 3166-2 : ES-CR
Website : dipucr.es
Location of the Province of Ciudad Real
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Ciudad Real is a province of Spain in the autonomous region of Castile-La Mancha . It has an area of ​​19,813.23 km² only 495,761 inhabitants (2019), of which about one eighth live in the capital Ciudad Real . In total, the province consists of 100 municipalities ( Municipios ).

geography

The province of Ciudad Real is located in central Spain and borders on the province of Toledo in the north, the province of Cuenca in the northeast, the province of Albacete in the east, the provinces of Cordoba and Jaén in the south and the province of Badajoz in the west .

The province is bounded in the north by the hill country of the Montes de Toledo and in the south by the Sierra Morena . The main part of the province belongs to the Central Meseta .

The largest part belongs to the Comarca la Mancha and includes its sub-units Campo de Calatrava and Campo de Montiel .

The main river in the province is the Guadiana , which arises in the Ruidera lagoons in the east of the province. Important tributaries in the province are the Cigüela , the Záncara and the Jabalón .

The province's climate is continental with cold winters and very warm summers.

In the province lies the town of Almadén , in the vicinity of which the world's largest cinnabar deposits were originally found, which were mined in the Almadén mine.

Population development of the province

Biggest places

(As of January 1, 2019)

local community Residents
Ciudad Real 74,746
Puertollano 47,035
Tomelloso 35,873
Alcazar de San Juan 30,576
Valdepeñas 30,077
Manzanares 17,997
Daimiel 17,929
La Solana 15,479
Miguelturra 15,368
Campo de Criptana 13,414
Socuéllamos 12,139
Bolaños de Calatrava 11,934
Villarrubia de los Ojos 9814

Infrastructure and transport links

The province is crossed by the national road 4, which connects Madrid and Andalusia , from north ( Puerto Lápice ) to south ( Almuradiel ). The AVE express train stops in Ciudad Real and Puertollano.

Web links

Commons : Province of Ciudad Real  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cifras oficiales de población resultantes de la revisión del Padrón municipal a 1 de enero . Population statistics from the Instituto Nacional de Estadística (population update).