Toledo is a
province
A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''Roman province, provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire ...
of central
Spain
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, in the western part of the
autonomous community
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of
Castile–La Mancha. It is bordered by the provinces of
Madrid
Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the second-largest city in the European Union (EU), and ...
,
Cuenca,
Ciudad Real
Ciudad Real (, ; en, "Royal City") is a municipality of Spain located in the autonomous community of Castile–La Mancha, capital of the province of Ciudad Real. It is the 5th most populated municipality in the region.
History
It was founde ...
,
Badajoz
Badajoz (; formerly written ''Badajos'' in English) is the capital of the Province of Badajoz in the autonomous community of Extremadura, Spain. It is situated close to the Portuguese border, on the left bank of the river Guadiana. The population ...
,
Cáceres, and
Ávila
Ávila (, , ) is a city of Spain located in the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is the capital and most populated municipality of the Province of Ávila.
It lies on the right bank of the Adaja river. Located more than 1,130 m abov ...
. Its capital is the city of
Toledo.
Demography
Of the province's 711,228 people (2012), only about 1/9 live in the capital,
Toledo, which is also the capital of the autonomous community. The most populated municipalities in the province are Toledo and
Talavera de la Reina
Talavera de la Reina () is a city and municipality of Spain, part of the autonomous community of Castile–La Mancha. Its population of 83,303 makes it the second most populated municipality of the province of Toledo and the fourth largest in th ...
with 83,741 and 83,303 inhabitants each (INE, 2017).
The province contains 204 municipalities. The smallest municipality in Spain,
Illán de Vacas
Illán de Vacas is a town in the province of Toledo, in Castile–La Mancha, Spain. The surface area of the municipality is 9 km², it has a total population of 1 inhabitant,http://www.ine.es/pob_xls/pobmun13.xls making it the least popula ...
, with a population of 8, is in Toledo province. See
List of municipalities in Toledo
This is a list of the municipalities in the province of Toledo in the autonomous community of Castile–La Mancha, Spain.
See also
*Geography of Spain
Spain is a country located in southwestern Europe occupying most (about 82 percen ...
.
Population development
The historical population is given in the following chart:
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bar:1877 from:0 till:334 text:333,971
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bar:1900 from:0 till:380 text:380,025
bar:1910 from:0 till:418 text:417,921
bar:1920 from:0 till:451 text:450,601
bar:1930 from:0 till:497 text:496,510
bar:1940 from:0 till:490 text:490,385
bar:1950 from:0 till:534 text:533,654
bar:1960 from:0 till:533 text:532,583
bar:1970 from:0 till:478 text:477,732
bar:1980 from:0 till:475 text:474,634
bar:1990 from:0 till:490 text:489,543
bar:2000 from:0 till:541 text:541,379
bar:2010 from:0 till:706 text:705,516
bar:2020 from:0 till:704 text:703,772
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Politics and government
Provincial government and administration
The government body of the province is the
Provincial Deputation of Toledo. Its seat is located at Toledo. The members of the plenary of the
deputation (''diputación'') are indirectly elected from among the municipal councillors in the province based on the results of the municipal elections. In turn, the plenary elects the president of the deputation from among its members.
Representation of the Central Government
The
Government of Spain
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appoints a
Government Sub-delegate for the province, whose headquarters are located at Toledo. The
Government Delegate charged with the representation in the whole autonomous community of Castile–La Mancha also has its seat in Toledo.
Coat of arms
Since 2013 the province of Toledo uses the arms of the city, the imperial
double-headed eagle
In heraldry and vexillology, the double-headed eagle (or double-eagle) is a charge (heraldry), charge associated with the concept of Empire. Most modern uses of the symbol are directly or indirectly associated with its use by the late Byzantin ...
''
Sable
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'' bearing an escutcheon with the arms of
Castile and
Leon
Leon, Léon (French) or León (Spanish) may refer to:
Places
Europe
* León, Spain, capital city of the Province of León
* Province of León, Spain
* Kingdom of León, an independent state in the Iberian Peninsula from 910 to 1230 and again f ...
, ''
party per pale
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'' with the arms of the former
Kingdom of Toledo
The Kingdom of Toledo ( es, Reino de Toledo) was a realm in the central Iberian Peninsula, created after the capture of Toledo by Alfonso VI of León in 1085. It continued in existence until 1833; its region is currently within Spain.
Back ...
. The eagle is flanked by the
pillars of Hercules
The Pillars of Hercules ( la, Columnae Herculis, grc, Ἡράκλειαι Στῆλαι, , ar, أعمدة هرقل, Aʿmidat Hiraql, es, Columnas de Hércules) was the phrase that was applied in Antiquity to the promontories that flank t ...
.
Geography
The province shares the
Parque Nacional de Cabañeros with the
province of Ciudad Real
The province of Ciudad Real () is a province in the southwestern part of the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha, Spain. It is bordered by the provinces of Cuenca, Albacete, Jaén, Province of Córdoba (Spain), Córdoba, Province of Bada ...
. The
Corocho de Rocigalgo, located in the
Montes de Toledo
The Montes de Toledo are one of the main systems of mountain ranges in the Iberian Peninsula. They divide the drainage basin of the Tagus from the basin of the Guadiana. The highest peak is high La Villuerca.
Description
The Montes de Toledo are ...
, is the highest point of the province (1,448 m).
The
Tagus
The Tagus ( ; es, Tajo ; pt, Tejo ; see #Name, below) is the longest river in the Iberian Peninsula. The river rises in the Montes Universales near Teruel, in mid-eastern Spain, flows , generally west with two main south-westward sections ...
crosses the province from the northeast to the west. Some right-bank tributaries are the
Guadarrama
Guadarrama is a town and municipality in the Cuenca del Guadarrama comarca, in the Community of Madrid, Spain.
Its population is 13,032 (winter, according to a 2006 census); the population swells to approximately 60,000 in summer.
Its name co ...
, the
Alberche or the
Tiétar.
File:Barrancas de Burujón - Toledo - Spain.jpg, The Barrancas de Burujón on a meander of the Tagus
File:Garganta Torinas 003.JPG, The garganta Torinas
File:20070513 Almonacid castle- view of countryside (3262060452).jpg, Countryside near Almonacid de Toledo
File:Pico Rocigalgo Los Navalucillos.jpg, View from the Corocho de Rocigalgos
See also
*
List of municipalities in Toledo
This is a list of the municipalities in the province of Toledo in the autonomous community of Castile–La Mancha, Spain.
See also
*Geography of Spain
Spain is a country located in southwestern Europe occupying most (about 82 percen ...
References
Bibliography
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External links
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