Province of Cuenca


Cuenca is one of the five provinces of the autonomous community of Castilla-La Mancha. It is located in the eastern part of this autonomous community and covers 17,141 square km. It has a population of 203,841 inhabitants – the least populated of the five provinces. Its capital city is also called Cuenca.

Geography

The province is bordered by the provinces of Valencia, Albacete, Ciudad Real, Toledo, Madrid, Guadalajara, and Teruel. The northeastern side of the province is in the mountainous Sistema Ibérico area.
211,375 people 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.

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

Population development

The historical population is given in the following chart:

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bar:1887 from:0 till:246 text:245,699
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bar:1910 from:0 till:272 text:271,748
bar:1920 from:0 till:288 text:287,507
bar:1930 from:0 till:315 text:314,633
bar:1940 from:0 till:341 text:340,549
bar:1950 from:0 till:344 text:344,033
bar:1960 from:0 till:329 text:328,554
bar:1970 from:0 till:252 text:251,619
bar:1980 from:0 till:216 text:215,975
bar:1990 from:0 till:205 text:205,198
bar:2000 from:0 till:200 text:200,346
bar:2010 from:0 till:215 text:215,165
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