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Cuenca is one of the five provinces of the autonomous community of Castilla-La Mancha. It is located in the eastern part of this autonomous community and covers 17,141 square km. It has a population of 203,841 inhabitants -- the least populated of the five provinces. Its capital city is also called Cuenca.

Cuenca
Province
Cuenca provincial parliament
Map of Spain with Cuenca highlighted
Coordinates: 40°00′N 2°00′W
CountrySpain
Autonomous community Castilla-La Mancha
CapitalCuenca
Government
  PresidentBenjamín Prieto (PP)
Area
  Total17,141 km2 (6,618 sq mi)
  RankRanked 5th
Population
 (2012)
  Total218,036
  RankRanked 44th
  Density13/km2 (33/sq mi)
DemonymSpanish: Conquense
Official language(s)Spanish
ParliamentCortes Generales
Websitedipucuenca.es

Geography


Landscape in the province
Landscape in the province

The province is bordered by the provinces of Valencia (including its exclave Rincón de Ademuz), Albacete, Ciudad Real, Toledo, Madrid, Guadalajara, and Teruel. The northeastern side of the province is in the mountainous Sistema Ibérico area.

211,375 people (2007) live in the province. Its capital is Cuenca, where nearly a quarter of the population live, some 52,980 people. There are 238 municipalities in Cuenca.

Other populous towns and municipalities include Tarancón, San Clemente, Quintanar del Rey, Huete, Villanueva de la Jara, Motilla del Palancar, Mota del Cuervo, La Almarcha and Las Pedroñeras.

Cuenca Cathedral (built from 1182 to 1270), located in the city of Cuenca.
Cuenca Cathedral (built from 1182 to 1270), located in the city of Cuenca.

History


In 1851 Cuenca lost Requena-Utiel to the neighbouring Valencia Province, with which it was developing commercial ties. Nevertheless, Requena-Utiel remained Spanish-speaking (rather than Catalan), while the loss of its most dynamic region left the province of Cuenca relatively underdeveloped economically.


Population development


The historical population is given in the following chart:


Notes and references


    List of municipalities in Cuenca


    На других языках


    - [en] Province of Cuenca

    [ru] Куэнка (провинция)

    Куэнка (исп. Cuenca) — провинция на востоке Испании в составе автономного сообщества Кастилия-Ла-Манча. Административный центр — Куэнка.



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