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| Capital | Cuenca | ||||
| Official language(s) | Spanish | ||||
| Area – Total – % of Spain |
Ranked 5 17,141 km² |
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| Population – Total (2007) – % of Spain – Density |
Ranked 44 211,375 12,33/km² |
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| Demonym – English – Spanish |
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| Autonomous Community |  Castile-La Mancha |
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| Government | Diputation of Cuenca | ||||
| President | Juan Manuel Ávila Francés (PSOE) | ||||
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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 Castile-La Mancha. It is bordered by the provinces of Valencia (including its exclave Rincón de Ademuz), Albacete, Ciudad Real, Toledo, Madrid, Guadalajara, and Teruel.
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 and Las Pedroñeras.
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