Autonomous community of Spain
Castilla–La Mancha
Castilla–La Mancha is an autonomous community of Spain. It covers about 79,400 km² (30,700 mi²), the 3rd largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities in Natural Earth’s file for Spain, and about the same size as Czechia. About 2.1 million people live there (Wikidata, 2024).
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- Castilla–La Mancha
- Czechia
Facts
| Area, measured | 79,400 km²30,700 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 79,500 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| Share of Spain | 16%of the area of the 19 autonomous communities and cities |
| Rank by area | 3rd of 19autonomous communities and cities of Spain |
| Population | 2.1 millionWikidata, 2024 |
| Density | 26 people per km² |
| Capital | Toledo |
| Latitude range | 38°N to 41°N |
| Type | Autonomous communityES-CM |
What the numbers say about Castilla–La Mancha
- Castilla–La Mancha covers 16% of the area of Spain and ranks 9th of 19 by population, against 3rd by area.
- It would take 6.38 autonomous communities and cities the size of Castilla–La Mancha to cover Spain.
- The largest, Castile and León, is 1.19× the size of Castilla–La Mancha; the smallest, Melilla, is less than 0.1% of it.
- Closest in size within Spain: Andalusia (87,700 km², 1.10×) and Castile and León (94,800 km², 1.19×).
- Counted as a country, Castilla–La Mancha would be larger than 124 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 116th by area, between Austria (84,000 km²) and Czechia (78,800 km²).
- With 2.1 million people it would rank 146th of 238 by population.
- Castilla–La Mancha has 26 people per km², about the density of Chile, which has 26 per km².
- That makes Castilla–La Mancha the 17th most densely populated of the 19 autonomous communities and cities, 28% of the average for Spain (96 per km²).
- On a standard web map (Web Mercator), a place at 40°N is drawn about 1.7× too large in area, so Castilla–La Mancha looks bigger there than it is.
- Laid out flat, Castilla–La Mancha stretches about 367 km north to south and 386 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 79,500 km² agrees with our measured area of 79,400 km², to within 2%.
About the same size as
Beside the regions of other countries
The closest region by area and by people in each of the other countries that have regional pages here, within a factor of 2. All 395 regions side by side.
- ChinaAreaChongqing0.96× · 82,400 km²PeopleTibet58% · 3.6 million (2020)
- United StatesAreaSouth Carolina0.99× · 80,200 km²PeopleNew Mexico0.99× · 2.1 million (2020)
- IndiaAreaAssam1.00× · 79,500 km²PeopleNagaland1.06× · 2.0 million (2011)
- GermanyAreaBavaria1.13× · 70,000 km²PeopleThuringia0.99× · 2.1 million (2022)
- FranceAreaFrench Guiana0.95× · 83,200 km²PeopleCentre-Val de Loire81% · 2.6 million (2022)
- ItalyAreanone within 2×PeopleCalabria1.08× · 1.9 million (2019)
- JapanAreaHokkaido (Japan)1.01× · 78,800 km²PeopleNagano1.04× · 2.0 million (2021)
- BrazilAreaSanta Catarina84% · 95,100 km²PeopleSergipe0.95× · 2.2 million (2022)
- CanadaAreaNew Brunswick1.09× · 72,800 km²PeopleManitoba1.56× · 1.3 million (2021)
- AustraliaAreaTasmania (Australia)1.17× · 68,100 km²PeopleSouth Australia1.11× · 1.9 million (2024)
- MexicoAreaTamaulipas1.00× · 79,600 km²PeopleQuerétaro1.03× · 2.0 million (2015)
- ThailandAreanone within 2×PeopleUbon Ratchathani1.12× · 1.9 million (2020)
Where Castilla–La Mancha sits in Spain
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Sources and method
- Outline
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain: the 5 provinces of this autonomous community in the file, joined along their shared borders.
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outline, shown rounded. The region’s whole area is counted, every island included.
- Official figures
- Area, population and capital from Wikidata (CC0), fetched 2026-11-12
- Population
- Wikidata, 2024. Spain’s units share the 2024 figures where Wikidata has them; the year is shown wherever the figure is.
- Matching
- Countries come from Natural Earth’s country file. Places whose status is contested and dependencies are never used as automatic matches. A region under 2,500 km² is matched against the small countries and island nations.
- Data built
- 2026-11-12