Province of Cuenca

"Cuenca (province)" redirects here. For the province in Colombia, see Cuenca Province (Gran Colombia).
Not to be confused with Cuenca, Ecuador or César Cuenca.
Cuenca
Province

Cuenca provincial parliament

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Map of Spain with Cuenca highlighted
Coordinates: 40°00′N 2°00′W / 40.000°N 2.000°W / 40.000; -2.000Coordinates: 40°00′N 2°00′W / 40.000°N 2.000°W / 40.000; -2.000
Country Spain
Autonomous community Castilla-La Mancha Castilla-La Mancha
Capital Cuenca
Government
  President Juan Manuel Ávila Francés (PSOE)
Area
  Total 17,141 km2 (6,618 sq mi)
Area rank Ranked 5th
Population (2012)
  Total 218,036
  Rank Ranked 44th
  Density 13/km2 (33/sq mi)
Demonym(s) Spanish: Conquense
Official language(s) Spanish
Parliament Cortes Generales
Website dipucuenca.es
Wikisource has the text of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article Cuenca (province).

Cuenca is a province of central Spain, in the eastern part of the autonomous community of Castilla-La Mancha.

Geography

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 Cathedra (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 Valencian), while the loss of its most dynamic region left the province of Cuenca relatively underdeveloped economically.

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