Alcázar de San Juan

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Alcázar de San Juan

Total population

30,938

Coordinates39.39°, -3.21°

Demographic figures from INE (Spain). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Alcázar de San Juan is a city and municipality of Spain located in the province of Ciudad Real, autonomous community of Castilla–La Mancha. It lies on the plain of La Mancha. From the 13th to the 19th century the history of Alcázar is strongly linked to the Grand Priory of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem. The city became a railway hub in the 19th century.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Sara Montiel

Spanish-Mexican actress and singer (1928-2013)

Óscar García-Casarrubios

Spanish bicyclist

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Fernando Manzaneque

road bicycle racer (1934–2004)

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Domingo Oropesa Lorente

Spanish priest

José Antonio Redondo

Spanish racing cyclist

Antonio Díaz-Miguel

Spanish basketball player (1934–2000)

Jesús Manzaneque

Spanish road racing cyclist

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Miguel Barroso

Spanish artist (1538-1590)

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Vicente Paniagua

Spanish basketball player

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Emiliano Morales

Spanish basketball player

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Ermelina Carreño

Spanish model (1912–1999)

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Alberto Abengózar

Spanish footballer

Antonio Rivas

Spanish football player/manager

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Domingo Miras

Spanish dramatist (1934–2022)

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Vicente Arias Castellanos

Spanish luthier (1833-1914)

Ángel Lizcano Monedero

Spanish painter (1846-1929)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Castile-La Mancha

• Herencia
  7.9 mi away · pop. 8,610
• Villafranca de los Caballeros
  8.4 mi away · pop. 4,855
• Quero
  8.5 mi away · pop. 1,048
• Camuñas
  13.3 mi away · pop. 1,729
• Pedro Muñoz
  14.1 mi away · pop. 7,688
• Puerto Lápice
  15.2 mi away · pop. 809
• Villarta de San Juan
  15.5 mi away · pop. 2,657
• La Villa de Don Fadrique
  15.8 mi away · pop. 3,515
• Quintanar de la Orden
  16.8 mi away · pop. 11,280
• Villacañas
  17.4 mi away · pop. 9,491
• Madridejos
  18.1 mi away · pop. 10,035
• Argamasilla de Alba
  19.2 mi away · pop. 6,647

Browse all places in Castile-La Mancha →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Gallery

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