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La Mancha (Spanish pronunciation: [la ˈmantʃa]) is a natural and historical region in the Spanish provinces of Albacete, Cuenca, Ciudad Real and Toledo.It is a fertile plateau (610 m or 2000 ft) that stretches from the mountains of Toledo to the western spurs of the Cuenca hills, bordered to the south by the Sierra Morena and to the north by the Alcarria. [1]
On August 13, 1911, an angry mob of about two thousand Coatesville residents camped outside the Coatesville Hospital, where Walker was recovering. [9] Soon after they surrounded the hospital, the mob easily pushed aside Walker's police guard, and proceeded to drag Walker out of the hospital while he was still chained to his bed. [9]
Castilla–La Mancha (UK: / k æ ˌ s t iː j ə l æ ˈ m æ n tʃ ə /, [6] US: /-l ɑː ˈ m ɑː n tʃ ə /; [7] Spanish: [kasˈtiʎa la ˈmantʃa] ⓘ) is an autonomous community of Spain. Comprising the provinces of Albacete, Ciudad Real, Cuenca, Guadalajara and Toledo, it was created in 1982. The government headquarters are in Toledo ...
The floodwaters killed at least 232 people, [1] including 224 in the province of Valencia, [58] [citation not found] seven more in Castile–La Mancha [59] and one in Andalusia. [ 60 ] [ 61 ] [ 62 ] According to AEMET chief climatologist José Ángel Núñez, most deaths occurred in localities with no rain. [ 63 ]
The 1919 Coatesville call to arms was when the black community of Coatesville, Pennsylvania formed a large armed group to prevent a rumoured lynching. Only later when the armed group had surrounded the jail to prevent the lynching did they learn that there was no suspect and no white lynch mob.
The Cortes of Castile-La Mancha are the legislative assembly of the autonomous community, in charge of creating legislation and appointing or dismissing the President of the Regional Government. The President is the representative of the autonomous community, usually the leader of the party or coalition with the majority of seats in the assembly.
A man on trial for murder claims he killed a woman to protect her daughter from being sexually abused.. Zachary Hughes, a Juilliard-trained pianist, turned himself in to police in South Carolina ...
Valdepeñas is a municipality in the province of Ciudad Real, in the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha, Spain. It is also the seat of the judicial district that covers the localities of Moral de Calatrava , Santa Cruz de Mudela , Viso del Marqués , Torrenueva , Castellar de Santiago and Almuradiel .