Comarca de Alcalá

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Comarca de Alcalá is a historical castilian shire placed at east of the Autonomous Community of Madrid, in Spain. It head or capital city is Alcalá de Henares. Officially the Community of Madrid hasn't defined any shire, however, informally some governmental institutions have defined some shires according to different views. The shire of Alcalá doesn't figure in any of these partitions. The territory is make up by two natural sub-shires, La Campiña and Alcarria de Alcalá.

[edit] Etymology

It name comes from the Arabic القلعة (Al-Qal'at) whose means "the castle", referring to the first of the Muslim castles placed along the banks of the Henares river.