Horcajo de Santiago
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Horcajo de Santiago Horcajo de Santiago | |
| Coordinates: 39°50′N 3°00′W / 39.833°N 3.000°W | |
| Country | Spain |
| Autonomous community | Castilla–La Mancha |
| Province | Cuenca |
| Population (2018)[1] | |
• Total | 3,526 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Horcajo de Santiago is a municipality in Cuenca, Castile-La Mancha, Spain. It has a population of 3,517.
History
The place was settled towards 1276.[2] Along with Belmontejo (now depopulated), it formed a commandery (encomienda) of the Order of Santiago, originally headquartered in Belmontejo and then in Horcajo.[3]
Notable people
- Lorenzo Hervás y Panduro (1735-1809)
References
- ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
- ^ Porras Arboledas, Pedro Andrés (1997). La Orden de Santiago en el siglo XV. La provincia de Castilla. Madrid: Dykinson. p. 231. ISBN 84-8155-279-8.
- ^ Porras Arboledas 1997, p. 231.
External links
- Media related to Horcajo de Santiago at Wikimedia Commons