Horcajo de Santiago

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Horcajo de Santiago
Municipality
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Horcajo de Santiago
Coordinates: 39°50′N3°00′W / 39.833°N 3.000°W / 39.833; -3.000
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.

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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]

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References

  1. ↑ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  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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