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Ciudad Real
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- For the city in Chiapas, Mexico, formerly called Ciudad Real see San Cristóbal de Las Casas.
Ciudad Real (Spanish for: Royal City) is a city in Castile-La Mancha, Spain. It is the capital of the province of Ciudad Real.
The city was founded by King Alfonso X in the 13th century to fight against the Military Order of Calatrava.
Its population is 69.063 (as of 2005), about an eighth of the population of the province.
It has a stop on the AVE high-speed rail line and has begun to grow as a long-distance commuter suburb of Madrid.
A High capacity airport is going to start its activities in year 2007. The beginning of the construction of a new Caesar's Palace Casino is planned for 2007.
The city has a Handball team, the BM Ciudad Real, which is the current winner of the European Handball Championship.
- Hernando del Pulgar (1436 - c. 1492), writer
- Hernán Pérez del Pulgar (1451 - 1535), captain of the Conquest of Granada
- Manuel Marín (born October 21, 1949), politician and current president of the Spanish Congress
- Fernando Luna (born April 24, 1958), professional tennis player
- List of municipalities in Ciudad Real province.
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