Alcázar de San Juan
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Alcázar de San Juan | |||||
|
|||||
| Location | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coordinates : {{{lat_long}}} Time zone : CET (GMT +1) |
|||||
| General information | |||||
| Native name | Alcázar de San Juan (Spanish) | ||||
| Spanish name | Alcázar de San Juan | ||||
| Website | http://www.alcazardesanjuan.es | ||||
| Administration | |||||
| Country | Spain | ||||
| Autonomous Community | [[|Castile-La Mancha]] | ||||
| Province | [[|Ciudad Real]] | ||||
| Comarca | [[|Campo de San Juan]] | ||||
| Neighborhoods | alcazareños | ||||
| Mayor | José Fernando Sánchez Bódalo ([[|PSOE]]) | ||||
| Geography | |||||
| Land Area | 666 km² | ||||
| Altitude | 644 m AMSL | ||||
| Population | |||||
| Population | 29,625 (2,006) | ||||
| Density | hab./km² () | ||||
Alcázar de San Juan or simply Alcázar is a town and municipality in the province of Ciudad Real, part of the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha, Spain.
It is located in the plain of La Mancha. Its name is taken from an old moorish fortress (Alcazar in Arabic language, which was afterwards garrisoned by the knights of St John (San Juan in Spanish language). Much of the action of Cervantes' Don Quixote takes place around Alcázar. The village of El Toboso was the home of the Lady Dulcinea del Toboso; Argamasilla de Alba is declared by tradition to be the birthplace of the original of Don Quixote himself.
[edit] External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to:
- Alcázar de San Juan in Google Maps
- Tourism info center of Alcázar de San Juan
- Webpage reivindicating that is the birthplace of Miguel de Cervantes
 |
This article about a location in Castile-La Mancha, Spain, is a stub. You can help by expanding it. |
