Toledo, Spain

Toledo (Laitin: Toletum, Arabic طليطلة Ṭulayṭulah) is a municipality locatit in central Spain, 70 km sooth o Madrid. It is the caipital o the province o Toledo. It is an aa the caipital o autonomous commuonty o Castile-La Mancha. It wis declared a Warld Heritage Steid bi UNESCO in 1986 for its extensive cultural an monumental heritage as ane o the umwhile caipitals o the Spaingie Empire an place o coexistence o Christian, Jewish an Muslim culturs. Mony famous fowk an airtists wur born or lived in Toledo, includin Al-Zarqali, Garcilaso de la Vega, Eleanor o Toledo, Alfonso X an El Greco. It wis an aa the place o important historic events such as the Visigothic Cooncils o Toledo. As o 2009, the ceety haes a population o 82,291 an a aurie o 232.1 km² (89.59 square miles).

Toledo
Ceety
Toledo at sunset — The Alcázar on the left an Cathedral on the richt dominate the skyline
Banner Coat airms
Toledo
Coordinates: 39°51′24″N 4°1′28″W
Kintra	Spain
Autonomous Commonty	Castile–La Mancha
Province	Toledo
Comarca	Toledo
Partido judicial	Toledo
Settled	ca. 7t Century B.C.
Govrenment
• Mayor	Emiliano García-Page Sánchez (PSOE)
Area
• Laund	232.1 km2 (89.6 sq mi)
Elevation	529 m (1,736 ft)
Population  (2018)
• Total	84,282
• Density	359.58/km2 (931.3/sq mi)
Postcode	45001-45009
Area code(s)	+34

Internaitional relations

Twin touns — Sister ceeties

Relatit page: Leet o twin touns an sister ceeties in Spain

Toledo is twinned wi:

• Agen, Fraunce, syne 22 Juin 1973
• Aachen, Germany, syne 13 October 1984
• Corpus Christi, Unitit States, syne September 5, 1989
• Damascus, Sirie, syne 19 Aprile 1994
• Guanajuato, Mexico, syne 20 October 1978
• Havana, Cuba, syne 2006
• Nara, Japan, syne 11 September 1972
• Safed, Israel, syne 8 September 1981
• Toledo, Unitit States, syne 1931
• Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgarie, 25 Mairch 1983