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Chinchilla de Montearagón

Municipality in Castilla–La Mancha, Spain

Chinchilla de Monte-Aragón
Municipality
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Chinchilla de Monte-Aragón Location in Albacete Show map of Province of Albacete Chinchilla de Monte-Aragón Location in Castilla-La Mancha Show map of Castilla-La Mancha Chinchilla de Monte-Aragón Location in Spain Show map of Spain
Coordinates: 38°55′15″N 1°43′33″W / 38.92083°N 1.72583°W / 38.92083; -1.72583
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Castilla–La Mancha
Province	Albacete
Area
• Total	679.27 km2 (262.27 sq mi)
Elevation	907 m (2,976 ft)
Population  (2018)[1]
• Total	4,182
• Density	6.2/km2 (16/sq mi)

Chinchilla de MontearagónorChinchilla de Monte-Aragón, or simply Chinchilla (Arabic: جنجالة), is a municipality in the province of AlbaceteinCastile-La Mancha, Spain. Spreading across a total area of 679.27 km² (262.27 sq mi),^[2] the municipality has population of 4,182 (2018).

Description[edit]

This town is located 15 km from the capital of the province. In 2008, with 3,660 inhabitants, according to INE data, but according to water consumption data are estimated about 5,000 since many are not registered in this town used by many as a dormitory town of Albacete.^{[citation needed]} It includes the hamlets of Casa Blanca de los Rioteros, Estación de Chinchilla, La Felipa, Horna, Pinilla, Pozo Bueno, Pozo de la Peña and El Villar de Chinchilla (wines produced in the latter parish belong to the Almansa Denominación de Origen). The Church of Santa María del Salvador stands in the town.

Historical data[edit]

In the short-lived 1822 territorial division of Spain, Chinchilla was to be the provincial capital;^[3] the 1833 territorial division of Spain, which remains largely in effect today, moved the capital to Albacete.^[4]

Since 1991 the municipality has been governed by the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE).^{[citation needed]}

In 2003, two trains collided overnight, leaving 19 dead and 50 injured.

Gallery[edit]

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  Castle of Chinchilla of Monte-Aragón
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  Doorway of the castle
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  La Mancha Square
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  Church of Chinchilla, interior
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  the so-called Mausoleum of Pozo Moro. Sandstone Iberian mausoleum, built at the end of the 6th century BC in Chinchilla de Monte-Aragón.
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  Detail of the Mausoleum of Pozo Moro.
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  "La Verónica" during the Holy week
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  Eolic park in Chinchilla

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External links[edit]

• "Chinchilla (1.)" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. V (9th ed.). 1878. p. 673.

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