Located in the heart of the Iberian Peninsula, Castilla-La Mancha occupies the South Submeseta, a strategic location for communication between north and south of the country, crossed also by the axis between Portugal and the Mediterranean Levante.

Halfway between Madrid and Andalusia, the territory of the region corresponds to the municipalities that make up the provinces of Albacete, Ciudad Real, Cuenca, Guadalajara and Toledo . An extensive area, more than 79,000 square kilometres, which represents more than 15% of the national territory.

Neighbour of the regions of Madrid, Castilla y Leon, Aragon, the Region of Valencia, Murcia, Andalusia and Extremadura, it is comprises mainly the valleys of the Tajo and the Guadiana, which carry their waters to the Atlantic. Its lands are also bathed by two smaller but no less important rivers, the Jucar and the Segura, which empty into to the Mediterranean basin.

The diversity and variety of the landscape is the prevailing characteristic of the region’s geography.
The huge plain called the “Gran Llanura de la Mancha” , perhaps the most homogeneous and extensive natural region of the country and which forms the central core, and the Alcarria Plain, which extends into parts of the provinces of Guadalajara and Cuenca, dominate the most of the territory.

No less important are the mountains which, although of relatively little elevation, contain a wealth and variety of geologic, geomorphologic, hydrographic and unique biogeographic features. It is bordered by the Central System mountain chain (Sierras de Ayllón, Ocejón and Somosierra in the north of Guadalajara and the Sierra de San Vicente in the province of Toledo); the Iberian System, which spans part of the provinces of Cuenca and Guadalajara; the Sierras de Alcaraz and del Segura in Albacete; the foothills of the Sierra Morena which go into Ciudad Real (Sierra Madrona); and the Montes de Toledo, extending between the provinces of Ciudad Real and Toledo.

Castilla-La Mancha is transforming itself along its length and breadth, offering the possibility of enjoying large areas of parks and natural reserves, with landscapes both diverse and outstanding.

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