Ciudad Real

Ciudad Real (Spanish pronunciation: [θjuˈðað reˈal]; English: Royal City) is a city in Castile–La Mancha, Spain, with a population of c. 75,000. It is the capital of the province of Ciudad Real. It has a stop on the AVE high-speed rail line and has begun to grow as a long-distance commuter suburb of Madrid, which is located 115 miles (185 km) to the north of Ciudad Real.

History

Ciudad Real was founded by King Alfonso X The Wise in the 13th century (1255) to fight with the Military Order of Calatrava. During the Middle Ages, four kilometres of walls and one hundred and thirty towers protected a population made up of Christians, Muslims and Jews.

After the unification of the Iberian kingdoms under the Catholic Monarchs, Ciudad Real became the capital of the province of La Mancha in 1691. This fact favoured its economic development which was shown by the construction of several important buildings. In 1755, however, an earthquake centred on Lisbon destroyed many of these buildings. In 1809, during the Peninsular War, French troops defeated their Spanish counterparts and occupied the city, using the local hospital as their headquarters and barracks.

Ciudad Real (Spanish Congress Electoral District)

Ciudad Real is one of the 52 electoral districts (circunscripciones) used for the Spanish Congress of Deputies - the lower chamber of the Spanish Parliament, the Cortes Generales. It is one of the five electoral districts that correspond to the provinces of Castilla La Mancha. With nearly 55,000 voters out of the total electorate of 398,000 Ciudad Real is the largest municipality. The second-largest is Puertollano with just over 40,000 voters. Alcázar de San Juan (22,000 voters) was the only other municipality with more than 20,000 voters.

The district has been notable for close contests in recent years, with the final seat changing hands at each of the last three elections. The 2008 election saw the People's Party (PP) lead the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) by just 1.0%, the second-smallest difference between the two parties after Melilla meaning that the seat is again likely to be closely contested in the 2012 general election.

Ciudad Real (disambiguation)

Ciudad Real may refer to:

BM Ciudad Real

Balonmano Ciudad Real was a Spanish handball team based in Ciudad Real, Castilla La Mancha. BM Ciudad Real plays in Liga ASOBAL. They won the 2009 EHF Champions League by beating THW Kiel in the final. 67:66 on aggregate.

History

In July 1983 is founded in the city of Ciudad Real a handball club named Asociación Deportiva Cultural Caserío Vigón. In 1993, other Ciudad Real based team, Asociación Deportiva Cultural Ciudad Real purchase the rights of ADC Caserío Vigón and renames the team as Balonmano Ciudad Real

Relocation

BM Ciudad Real has been relocated to Madrid from 2011–12 season. Its new name is BM. At. de Madrid. It name has been changed due to financial reasons.

Club names

Trophies

Province of Ciudad Real

The province of Ciudad Real (pronounced: [θjuˈðað reˈal]) is a province in the southwestern part of the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha, Spain. It is bordered by the provinces of Cuenca, Albacete, Jaén, Córdoba, Badajoz, and Toledo. It is partly located in the old natural region of La Mancha. Its capital is Ciudad Real. It is the third biggest province of Spain, after Cáceres and Badajoz. The historical comarca Campo de Calatrava is located in the centre of the province.

History

Ciudad Real was one of the 49 provinces in which Spain was divided in the territorial reorganization of 1833, taking its name from its largest city and capital. Its limits corresponded more or less to the historical province of La Mancha, which was part of the kingdom of Toledo.

The autonomous community of Castilla-La Mancha came into being on 15 November 1978, as one of several autonomous regions to be established by the Spanish central government. The new, hyphenated name was chosen in an effort to join together two distinct regions, that of the historic Castilla, which extended beyond the new autonomous region, and that of the smaller historic province of La Mancha. Initially a "pre-autonomous" region, the reorganisation proposal finally took effect one week after the Statute of Autonomy of Castilla–La Mancha was approved on 10 August 1982. Under this new arrangement, Castilla-La Mancha was subdivided into five provinces, Albacete, Ciudad Real, Cuenca, Guadalajara and Toledo, each named after its largest town and capital city. The province of Ciudad Real was further subdivided into six comarcas (administrative districts), these being Valle de Alcudia, Campo de Calatrava, Mancha, Montes, Montiel and Sierra Morena.

San Jose del Monte

San Jose del Monte is a first class suburb city in the province of Bulacan, Philippines. It is bordered by Caloocan and Quezon City in the south; by Rodriguez, Rizal, in the east; Santa Maria and Marilao, both of Bulacan, in the west; and Norzagaray, Bulacan in the north. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 454,553 inhabitants, making it the 19th most populated city in the Philippines.

San Jose del Monte has experienced major economic growth, evidenced by the presence of major commercial banks, fast food chain outlets, real estates, and wide coverage of landline and cellular phone services.

The city's Mayor is Reynaldo S. San Pedro, while Vice-Mayor Eduardo S. Roquero heads the Sangguniang Panglungsod. The city is represented in the House of Representatives by Congressman Arthur B. Robes.

Barangays

San Jose del Monte is divided into two districts for representation purposes. It is politically subdivided into 59 barangays of which 23 barangays comprise the first district while 36 compose the second district.