Villacañas
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Villacañas is a municipality located in the province of Toledo, Castile-La Mancha, Spain.
Geography
To the northwest of the town, the planiform relief of La Mancha is interrupted by the Sierra de El Romeral, a hill range following a NE-SE direction.Template:Sfn At 877 metres above sea level, the highest point in the municipality is the so-called Pico de El Romeral, coterminous with the municipality of El Romeral.Template:Sfn The town is located at about 668 metres above mean sea level.Template:Sfn To the east and south of the town, the flat territory features an endorheic lagoon system, as well as the course of the Template:Ill, a tributary of the Cigüela.Template:Sfn
History
In 1183, the territory became a possession of the Knights Hospitaller, whose priorial administration was based in Consuegra.Template:Sfn Villacañas (or Villar de Cannas, as it was formerly cited)Template:Sfn received a population charter in 1230.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn Instances of local microtoponyms suggest that the population of the territory may had been carried out by settlers from Segovia and Galicia.Template:Sfn On 12 May 1557, the place received the privilege of township.Template:Sfn
Demographics
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Bibliography
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External links
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