Province o Guadalajara
Guadalajara (pronoonced: [ɡwaðalaˈxaɾa] frae Arabic wādi al-ħajāra (وادي الحجارة), "streambed/glen o stanes") is a province o central/north-central Spain, in the northren pairt o the autonomous commonty o Castile-La Mancha. It is bordered bi the provinces o Cuenca, Madrid, Segovia, Soria, Zaragoza, an Teruel. Guadalajara is a muntainous place, the eastren side o the province is in the Sistema Ibérico aurie, while the Sistema Central rises in the wastren pairt.
Guadalajara | |
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 Map o Spain wi Guadalajara heichlichtit | |
| Coordinates: 40°50′N 2°30′W / 40.833°N 2.500°WCoordinates: 40°50′N 2°30′W / 40.833°N 2.500°W | |
| Kintra | Spain |
| Autonomous commonty |  Castile–La Mancha |
| Caipital | Guadalajara |
| Area | |
| • Total | 12167 km2 (4,698 sq mi) |
| Area rank | Rankit 17t |
| Population (2012) | |
| • Total | 259,537 |
| • Rank | Rankit 42nt |
| • Density | 21/km2 (55/sq mi) |
| 0.52% of Spain | |
| Demonym(s) | Guadalajareño / Guadalajareña |
| Offeecial leid(s) | Spainyie |
| Pairlament | Cortes Generales |
Its population is 213,505 (2006). The aurie o the province covers 12.190 km². Its caipital is Guadalajara, whaur nearly 35% o the province's population lives. Thare are 288 municipalities in Guadalajara, o which mair nor three-quairters are veelages wi populations less nor 200.
Frae 16 tae 20 Julie 2005 the province wis devastatit bi a forest fire, kent as the incendio de Guadalajara. Eleven firefechters dee'd efter a blowup. The fire wis caused bi hikers barbecuin.
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- Guadalajara, the great unknown Archived 2007-03-08 at the Wayback Machine
- Provincial Government