Alcalá

Alcalá is a Spanish placename originally from Arabic al-qal'a "القلعة", "the citadel or fortification", and may refer to:

Places:

• Alcala, Cagayan, a municipality in the Philippines
• Alcala, Pangasinan, a municipality in the Philippines
• Alcalá, Valle del Cauca, Colombia
• Alcalá de Ebro, a village in Zaragoza, Spain
• Alcalá de Guadaira, a town in Seville, Spain
• Alcalá de Gurrea, a village in Huesca, Spain
• Alcalá de Henares, a city in Madrid
  • Comarca de Alcalá
  • Roman Catholic Diocese of Alcalá de Henares
• Alcalá del Júcar, a town in Albacete, Spain
• Alcalá de la Vega, a village in Cuenca, Spain
• Alcalá de los Gazules, a town in Cádiz, Spain
• Alcalá de Moncayo, a village in Zaragoza, Spain
• Alcalá del Río, a town in Seville, Spain
• Alcalá del Valle, a town in Cádiz, Spain
• Alcalà de Xivert, a town in Castellón, Spain
• Alcalá la Real, a town in Jaén, Spain
• Alcalá de la Selva, a town in Teruel, Spain
• Vall de Alcalá, a valley in the Marina Alta region of Alicante, Spain
• Alcalá, a town on the west coast of Tenerife, Spain

Landmarks:

• University of Alcalá, a university located in Alcalá de Henares
• Puerta de Alcalá, a monument in Madrid
• Calle de Alcalá, one of the main streets of Madrid
• Alcalá 20, the site of an infamous nightclub fire in 1983
• Alcalá (TransMilenio), a station of the TransMilenio system in Bogotá, Colombia

Organizations:

• CD Alcalá, a football team based in Alcalá de Guadaira
• RSD Alcalá, a football team based in Alcalá de Henares

People:

• Alcalá (surname)

See also

• Alcantara (disambiguation) and Alcazar (disambiguation), other Spanish placenames of Arabic origin