Puerto Lápice
Puerto Lápice | |
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Puerto Lápice Puerto Lápice | |
| Coordinates: 39°19′28″N 3°28′52″W / 39.32444°N 3.48111°W | |
| Country | Spain |
| Autonomous community | Castilla–La Mancha |
| Province | Ciudad Real |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Ana Maria Contreras Pavón |
| Area | |
• Total | 54.84 km2 (21.17 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 680 m (2,230 ft) |
| Population (2025-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 824 |
| • Density | 15.0/km2 (38.9/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Porteños |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 13650 |
| Website | Official website |
Puerto Lápice is a municipality of Spain located in the province of Ciudad Real, Castilla–La Mancha.[2] The municipality spans across a total area of 54.84 km2 and, as of 1 January 2020, it has a registered population of 891.[2]
Already since the 13th century, the territory of Puerto Lápice was part of the Campo de San Juan, the extensive territory under the seigneurial jurisdiction of the Knights Hospitaller in the lands of La Mancha.[3] In Miguel de Cervantes’ novel Don Quixote, it is the second town to which Quixote and Sancho Panza travel together.
On 2007, there was a meteorite fall near this town.
References
- ^ National Statistics Institute (13 December 2025). "Municipal Register of Spain of 2025".
- ^ a b "Datos del Registro de Entidades Locales". Ministerio de Asuntos Económicos y Transformación Digital. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
- ^ Molero García, Jesús M. (2011). De encomienda a priorato. Consuegra y la Orden de San Juan en la edad media (siglos XII al XV). pp. 20–21 – via Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha.
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