page_title: Castilla–La Mancha
section_title: Comarcas
hierarchical_section_title: Castilla–La Mancha / Regional divisions / Comarcas
caption_attribution_description: Molina de Aragon - 086
context_page_description: Castilla–La Mancha, or Castile La Mancha, is an autonomous community of Spain. Comprising the provinces of Albacete, Ciudad Real, Cuenca, Guadalajara and Toledo, it was created in 1982. It is bordered by Castile and León, Madrid, Aragon, Valencia, Murcia, Andalusia, and Extremadura. It is one of the most sparsely populated of Spain's regions. Albacete is the largest and most populous city. The government headquarters are in Toledo and the High Court headquarters are in Albacete.
  Castilla–La Mancha was formerly grouped with the province of Madrid into New Castile, but with the advent of the modern Spanish system of autonomous communities, it was separated due to great demographic disparity between the capital and the remaining New-Castilian provinces. Also, distinct from the former New Castile, Castilla–La Mancha added the province of Albacete, which had been part of Murcia; adding Albacete placed all of the historic region of La Mancha within this single region.
  It is mostly in this region where the story of the famous Spanish novel Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes is situated, due to which La Mancha is internationally well-known.
context_section_description: Although the Statute of Autonomy allows for comarcas of political/juridical significance, this has never been followed through at the level of the entire region, and there are no comarcas in Castilla–La Mancha with political or juridical functions. Individual provinces of Castilla–La Mancha have performed comarcalizations for administrative, economic and touristic purposes. Many Castellano–Manchegan comarcas important traditional significance, with some figuring in history well beyond their respective provinces.
  Comarcas of Albacete:
  Campos de Hellín
  Llanos de Albacete
  La Mancha del Júcar-Centro
  Manchuela albaceteña
  Monte Ibérico–Corredor de Almansa
  Sierra de Alcaraz y Campo de Montiel
  Sierra del Segura
  Comarcas of Ciudad Real:
  Alcudia
  Campo de Calatrava
  Mancha
  Montes
  Montiel
  Sierra Morena
  Comarcas of Cuenca:
  La Alcarria conquense
  La Mancha de Cuenca
  Manchuela conquense
  Serranía Alta
  Serranía Media-Campichuelo
  Serranía Baja
  Comarcas of Guadalajara:
  La Alcarria (comarca)
  La Campiña (comarca)
  Señorío de Molina
  La Serranía
  Comarcas of Toledo:
  La Campana de Oropesa
  La Jara
  La Mancha Alta de Toledo
  Mesa de Ocaña
  Montes de Toledo
  La Sagra
  Sierra de San Vicente
  Talavera (co-extensive with the municipality of Talavera de la Reina).
  Toledo (co-extensive with the municipality of Toledo).
  Torrijos
caption: Alcázar of Molina de Aragón with its walls.
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