Horcajo de Santiago

Horcajo de Santiago
Horcajo de Santiago
Horcajo de Santiago
Coordinates: 39°50′N 3°00′W / 39.833°N 3.000°W / 39.833; -3.000
CountrySpain
Autonomous communityCastilla–La Mancha
ProvinceCuenca
Population
 (2024-01-01)[1]
 • Total
3,754
Time zoneUTC+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

References

  1. ^ National Statistics Institute (13 December 2024). "Municipal Register of Spain of 2024".
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Porras Arboledas 1997, p. 231.
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