Alcázar de San Juan

Spanish city
spanish_name = Alcázar de San Juan
native_name = Alcázar de San Juan

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native_language = Spanish
community = Castile-La Mancha
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province = Ciudad Real
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comarca = Campo de San Juan
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neighborhoods = alcazareños
mayor = José Fernando Sánchez Bódalo
political_party = PSOE
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area = 666
altitude = 644
population = 29,625
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website = [http://www.alcazardesanjuan.es http://www.alcazardesanjuan.es]
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[http://www.alcazardesanjuan.es Alcázar de San Juan] or simply "Alcázar" is a town and municipality in the province of Ciudad Real, part of the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha, Spain.

It is located in the plain of La Mancha. Its name is taken from an old moorish fortress ("Alcazar" in Arabic language, which was afterwards garrisoned by the knights of St John ("San Juan" in Spanish language). Much of the action of Cervantes' "Don Quixote" takes place around Alcázar. The village of El Toboso was the home of the Lady Dulcinea del Toboso; Argamasilla de Alba is declared by tradition to be the birthplace of the original of Don Quixote himself.

External links

* [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=alc%C3%A1zar+de+san+juan,+spain&spn=0.056085,0.116927&t=k&hl=en Alcázar de San Juan in Google Maps]
* [http://www.turismoalcazar.org/ Tourism info center of Alcázar de San Juan]
* [http://www.alcazarcervantino.es/ Webpage reivindicating that is the birthplace of Miguel de Cervantes]