page_title: Castilla–La Mancha
section_title: Regional divisions
hierarchical_section_title: Castilla–La Mancha / Regional divisions
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Panorama der Skyline der spanischen Stadt Toledo bei Morgenröte. Links der Alcázar, rechts die Kathedrale. English: A 4 x 1 segment panorama of the Toledo Skyline in Spain at sunrise. Taken by myself in portrait format with a Canon 5D and 70-200mm f/2.8L lens. On the left Alcázar of Toledo and on the right Cathedral of Toledo. Español: Vista panorámica del casco histórico de Toledo. Français&#160;: Vue panoramique des toits de Tolède, en Espagne, au lever (voir girouette) du soleil. Sont visibles l'Alcazar (sur la gauche) et la Cathédrale (sur la droite). Panorama constitué de 4 panneaux en format portrait, obtenus avec un appareil Canon 5D et un objectif 70-200mm f/2.8L.
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: Castilla–La Mancha is divided into 5 provinces named after their capital cities. The following category includes:
  Albacete
  Ciudad Real
  Cuenca
  Guadalajara
  Toledo
  According to the official data of the INE, Castilla–La Mancha consists of 919 municipalities, which amount to 11.3 percent of all the municipalities in Spain. 496 of these have less than 500 inhabitants, 231 have between 501 and 2,000 inhabitants, 157 between 2,000 and 10,000 inhabitants, and only 35 have more than 10,000 inhabitants. The municipalities in the north are small and numerous, while in the south they are larger and fewer. This reflects different histories of how these sub-regions were repopulated during the Reconquista.
  The 25 most populous municipalities of Castilla–La Mancha as at 2017, according to the INE, are:
caption: The Old City of Toledo was declared a World Heritage Site for its extensive cultural and monumental heritage. Toledo is the capital of Castilla–La Mancha
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