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Almansa | |
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 location in Albacete | |
  Almansa Location in Albacete  Almansa Location in Castilla-La Mancha  Almansa Location in Spain | |
| Coordinates: 38°52′06.1″N 1°05′40.4″W / 38.868361°N 1.094556°W | |
| Country |  Spain |
| Autonomous community | Castilla–La Mancha |
| Province | Albacete |
| Comarca | Altiplanicie de Almansa |
| Judicial district | Almansa |
| Commonwealth | Monte Ibérico–Corredor de Almansa |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Javier Sánchez Roselló (PP) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 531.91 km2 (205.37 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 712 m (2,336 ft) |
| Population (2018)[1] | |
| • Total | 24,537 |
| • Density | 46/km2 (120/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Almanseños |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 02640 |
| Dialing code | 967 |
| Website | Official website |
Almansa (Spanish pronunciation: [alˈmansa]) is a Spanish town and municipality in the province of Albacete, part of the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha. The name "Almansa" stems from the Arabic المنصف (al-manṣaf), "half way of the road".[2][3] The municipality borders with Alicante, Valencia and Murcia. Almansa is famous for its Moros y cristianos festival celebrated from 1 to 6 May.
Almansa is built at the foot of a white limestone crag, which is surmounted by a Moorish castle, and rises abruptly in the midst of a fertile and irrigated plain. About 1 mile (1.6 km) south of the town centre stands an obelisk commemorating the Battle of Almansa fought there on 25 April 1707 during the War of Spanish Succession, in which a French, Spanish and Irish army under command of the duke of Berwick, a natural son of James II, routed the allied British, Portuguese and Spanish[dubious – discuss] troops.[4] Annual reenactments of that battle have been formally listed in the Spanish cultural register.[5]
The Sierra del Mugrón is located within the Almansa city limits.
- ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
- ^ Asín Palacios, Miguel (1940). Contribución a la toponimia árabe de España. Madrid: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas. p. 66.
- ^ Celdrán, Pancracio (2004). Diccionario de topónimos españoles y sus gentilicios (in Spanish). Madrid: Espasa Calpe. p. 54. ISBN 978-84-670-3054-9.
- ^ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Almansa". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 1 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 712.
- ^ "La Batalla de Almansa: Bien de Interés Cultural". 29 April 2013.
