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  Guadalajara, Spain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Guadalajara is a city and municipality in the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha, Spain.
It is the capital of the province of Guadalajara.
It is located roughly 60 km northeast of Madrid on the Henares River, and has a population of 66,200 (2000).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Guadalajara,_Spain   (135 words)

  
 Guadalajara (province) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Guadalajara is a province of central Spain, in the northern part of the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha.
It is bordered by the provinces of Cuenca, Madrid, Segovia, Soria, Zaragoza, and Teruel.
Its capital is Guadalajara, where nearly 40% of the province's population lives.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Guadalajara_(province)   (114 words)

  
 GUADALAJARA - LoveToKnow Article on GUADALAJARA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Guadalajara is surrounded by a fertile agricultural district and is an important commercial town, but the city is chiefly distinguished as the centre of the iron, steel and glass industries of Mexico.
Guadalajara (11,144) ~s the capital, and the only town with more than 5000 inhabitants; Molina de Aragon, a fortified town built at the foot of the Parameras de Molina (2500-3500 ft.), and on the right bank of the Gallo, a tributary of the Tagus, is of some importance as an agricultural centre.
GUADALAJARA, the capital of the Spanish province of Guadalajara, on the left bank of the river Henares, and on the Madrid-Saragossa railway, 35 m.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /G/GU/GUADALAJARA.htm   (1246 words)

  
 Guadalajara Censuses Project - Guadalajara City: Background&History
Guadalajara anchors the southwestern end of the Mesa Central and is located near the middle of the valley of Guadalajara (in geographic terms, a basin or bolson), through which flows the Santiago river on its journey from nearly Lake Chapala to the Pacific.
In the Guadalajara region bitter land conflicts between Indian Pueblos and haciendas (and occasionally between pueblo and pueblo) characterized the decades prior to Independence, as local land resources were increasingly unable to provide for a growing population in the face of hacienda expansion.
Redrawn in 1789 as the intendancy of Guadalajara, it lost territory to the new intendancies of Zacateacas and San Luis Potosi, although it acquired the heavily populated lands of Nueva Espana to the southwest.
www.fsu.edu /~guadalaj/english/guadalajara_history/guadalajara_history.htm   (6062 words)

  
 Guadalajara, Mexico
Guadalajara is known as the 'Perla de Occidente' the Pearl of the West- or 'La Ciudad de las Rosas' the City of Roses-.
Guadalajara is a city full of attractions; the visitor will enjoy its cosmopolitan atmosphere which has not forgotten its rural traditions and customs.
Today, Guadalajara is the capital of the state of Jalisco, the second largest and most important city in the country.
worldfacts.us /Mexico-Guadalajara.htm   (2128 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Guadalajara
Juan Cruz Ruiz de Cabañas, rector of the seminary of Burgos (Spain), became Bishop of Nicaragua in 1794, and of Guadalajara in 1796.
Pedro Espinosa, born in 1793, was rector of the seminary and of the university, and a dignitary of the cathedral, became Bishop of Guadalajara in 1854, and archbishop in 1863.
Pedro Loza, Bishop of Sonora in 1852, became Archbishop of Guadalajara in 1868, assisted at the Council of the Vatican, and died in 1898.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/07042b.htm   (1116 words)

  
 Guadalajara Tourism
Guadalajara is a city in Castile-La Mancha, Spain, capital of the province of Guadalajara.
Guadalajara is known as ''La Perla del Occidente'' (Spanish for "Pearl of the West"), ''la Perla Tapatía'' ("tapatío" is an informal adjective of origin for people and things from Guadalajara) and, ''Ciudad de las Rosas''.
Guadalajara is also famous for the great disaster of April 22, 1992, which took place in the downtown district of Analco.
www.artistbooking.com /trips/72/guadalajara-tourism.html   (873 words)

  
 Learn Spanish in Guadalajara.Guadalajara Spanish School   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Granada is the capital of the province with the same name, situated in the eastern part of the region of Andalusia.
The province of Salamanca situated in the South-west corner of Castile and León on the borders with extremadura and Portugal, covers an area of 12,336 sq.
With 10,763km, 263 towns and villages and 2,154,322 inhabitants, the Province of Valencia is the largest of the three which together with Castellon in the North and Alicante in the South used to belong to the former Kingdom of Valencia.
www.donquijote.org /destinations/spanish-guadalajara.asp   (506 words)

  
 SOL CÁDIZ - SOL Spain On Line
At the same time, the province of Cádiz offers a marvellous coastline and beaches, that, for the time being, has been spared from massive construction.
Cádiz is the most southern province of the Iberian Peninsula.
To the northwest of the province are located the famous White Villages of Cadiz, calls thus because all of them have a common denominator: surroundings of escepcional beauty, narrow streets, great slopes and adorned white houses with flowers.
www.sol.com /modulo.asp?IdProvincia=11&IdPagina=1   (584 words)

  
 SOL ALMERÍA - SOL Spain On Line   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
These villages are the cradle of neolithic cave drawings,including the symbol of the Province, the Indalo(a man carrying a rainbow which probably signifies a messenger of the gods.) This is just one example of the rich heritage and monument record which villages like Velez Blanco and Velez Rubio hold for the visitor.
The ambiance of the district is created mainly by the impressive country park of Sierra Maria-Los Velez, located in the north of the province, next to Granada and Murcia provinces.
Its luxuriant leafy forests are in sharp contrast to the arid character of the rest of Almeria.
almeria.sol.com /modulo.asp?IdProvincia=4   (1062 words)

  
 costadelsol.st - News - Costa del Sol
It was reported that "carelessness" at the barbecue had led to the fire, those responsible for the barbecue had been identified and located and some have been detained.
Spain's highest-audience radio network, SER, quoted the mayor of one town affected by the Guadalajara province fire as complaining that more resources had not been assigned to the fire soon after it began on Saturday afternoon.
The government spokesman, who works for the central government's main office in Guadalajara province, said he did not know how many firefighters were battling the blaze.
www.costadelsol.st /news/news_pres.php3?nr=800057045&type=0   (240 words)

  
 Jalisco, Mexico
This coat of arms was given to the City of Guadalajara by Royal decree of H.M. King Carlos V in 1542, the year the city was founded.
This is the flag of the former Viceroyalty of Nueva (New) Galicia (present-day Jalisco).
It is said, this flag, with small variations is used as flag of the city of Guadalajara, last capital of New Galice, and now capital city of the State of Jalisco.
www.fotw.net /flags/mx-jal.html   (1526 words)

  
 SOL GRANADA - SOL Spain On Line   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Granada is probably the province of Andalucia with the widest choice for the visitor.
Alpujarra mountain range, some thirty miles from Granada city and 25 miles from the coast, is as much part of Granada as it is of Almeria province.
It is well known for the beauty and peacefulness of its white towns; its mountain landscapes, the house balconies full of flowers; its friendly people and the atmosphere they create - and most importantly — the spectacular backcloth of the Sierra Nevada.
granada.sol.com   (968 words)

  
 SOL Natural Park Cabo de Gata-Níjar, ALMERÍA - SOL Spain On Line   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Natural Park of Cabo de Gata-Nijar, with one of the most beautiful and ecologically rich coastal strips in the western Mediterranean, is the first Natural land and sea park in Andalusia.
With an area of 34,000 hectares, to which a sea strip a mile wide (12,000 hectares) is added, it is located in the southeastern point of the province of Almeria, to the south of the area of Campo de Nijar.
The fundamental nucleus of the Natural Park are the Cabo de Gata mountains, a volcanic mountainous massif whose southwestern flank falls directly over the Mediterranean sea forming abrupt cliffs interrupted by small coves at the mouths of the principal gullies which erode the sides of the mountain range.
almeria.sol.com /modulo.asp?IdContenido=247&IdProvincia=4   (627 words)

  
 Chapter 4 - Greatest Flourishing
The Province of Tucumán, taken from the Province of Cuzco, was founded on January 6, 1593, under the title of Santa Barbara.
The Province of Mexico was established in 1616, and it was confirmed by Pope Paul V. It was formed by eight convents: Mexico, Veracruz, Puebla, Morelia (Valladolid), Tacuba, Oaxaca, Atlisco and Colima.
In the Province of Chile, the San Pedro Pascual College was established in 1574, in the city of Santiago.
www.orderofmercy.org /Survey/chapt04.htm   (13951 words)

  
 Spanish Castles - Castle Quest
I'll be visiting the area of the provinces of Guadalajara and Madrid and maybe Toledo.
My guide book says that Guadalajara is just a grubby provincial capital and I know Madrid is not much for a castle/history fan, it was only a small village until 1561 when it was made capital.
And you're right about the city of Guadalajara but there are several great castle(ruins) in the province of Guadalajara.
www.castlesontheweb.com /quest/Forum12/HTML/000206.html   (992 words)

  
 BBC Learning English
At least twelve volunteer firefighters have died in Spain in a forest fire in the central province of Guadalajara and hundreds of people have been forced to leave the area.
The firefighters, many in their early twenties, had gone out in two groups to battle the blaze but their efforts were hampered by strong winds and summer temperatures of up to forty degrees Celsius.
The local authorities in the central Guadalajara province say three people are still missing.
www.bbc.co.uk /worldservice/learningenglish/newsenglish/witn/2005/07/050718_firefighters.shtml   (293 words)

  
 CNN.com - 11 killed in Spanish forest fire - Jul 18, 2005
Spain's state news agency EFE reported it was the deadliest forest fire, in terms of the death toll, in the past 13 years.
He was hospitalized in Guadalajara city, the provincial capital, with first and second-degree burns, Lozano said.
Weather reports for Guadalajara province on Monday predicted slightly lower temperatures than Sunday, which had temperatures around 30 degrees Celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit), but another day of strong winds, that have proven difficult for the firefighters, and dry conditions.
www.cnn.com /2005/WORLD/europe/07/17/spain.wildfires   (654 words)

  
 11 die fighting Guadalajara wildfire - The Spain Herald   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
At least 11 people have been killed in the wildfire which broke out on Saturday in Guadalajara province and is still burning.
The second largest, after that in Guadalajara, is in Zamora province, and has burned more than 1650 hectares.
The fire broke out near the town of Riba de Saelices, north of Guadalajara, and extended to five other municipalities, all of which were evacuated.
www.spainherald.com /1250.html   (314 words)

  
 Guadalajara (Spain)
Guadalajara is 55 Km away Madrid, going to Barcelona by Road N-II.
Inside, its Patio de Los Leones (Court of the Lions) is the most outstanding part with its two rows of flamboyant arches, as well as the Salón de Las Batallas (Hall of Battles), which was decorated with paintings on the ceiling by the Italian Cincinato.
128km from Madrid, there is Sigüenza in the Province of Guadalajara, one of the Spanish cities which has a very clearly defined character and is most harmoniously beautiful.
www.uam.es /personal_pdi/ciencias/depaz/mendoza/guada_en.htm   (666 words)

  
 Hotel accommodation in Guadalajara , Spain.
Alojamientos y alojamientos rurales en Guadalajara y provincia.
This hotel is located in the historical centre.
The Hotel is located on the main access route to Guadalajara, 5 minutes away from the city centre.
www.123casa.com /guadalajara/guadalajara.htm   (220 words)

  
 SOL HUELVA - SOL Spain On Line   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The area known as the Condado del Huelva is in the southeast of the province.
Niebla epitomises the history of the whole province.
The Sierra de Aracena y Picos de Aroche are in the north of the province where the countryside offers a real contrast, with steep hills, to the rest of the province.
huelva.sol.com   (1340 words)

  
 Guadalajara hotels. Cheap hotels in Guadalajara. Luxury hotels in Guadalajara. Online bookings for hotels in ...
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- The AC Guadalajara hotel has 103 rooms, all are well decorated and equipped with modern facilities.
We hope you find what you are looking for on these pages and enjoy your trip to Guadalajara.
www.global-rooms.com /europe/spain/hotels/guadalajara.html   (463 words)

  
 CASTILLA - LA MANCHA by All About Spain
Major attractions are the Mudejar style church Santa Maria la Mayor, the 15th century palace Duque del Infantado, the Moorish town-walls and bridge over Henares river, from 10th century.
In the province of Guadalajara the medieval town Siguenza, with its great fortress and cathedral, is worth a visit.
This city is marked by the history of Don Quijote who is said to have fought against the windmills at the nearby Campo de Criptana.
www.red2000.com /spain/region/r-cman.html   (319 words)

  
 CNN.com - Spain: BBQ sparked deadly blaze - Jul 19, 2005
The fire has killed 11 firefighters, who were trapped together by the fast-moving blaze on Sunday, and has burned 10,000 hectares, or nearly 25,000 acres, of pine forests and part of a nature reserve in Guadalajara province, just east of the capital.
They were trapped with their tanker trucks and all-terrain vehicles and were led by a man described as very experienced in battling forest fires.
He was taken to hospital in Guadalajara with first and second-degree burns, government spokespeople said.
us.cnn.com /2005/WORLD/europe/07/19/spain.wildfires   (699 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Europe | Spain blaze victims' bodies found
Police have recovered the bodies of 11 volunteer firefighters who died as they tried to fight a forest fire in Spain's Guadalajara province.
The fires in Spain's central Guadalajara province have forced hundreds of homes to be evacuated.
The two trucks and three four-wheel-drive vehicles belonging to the 11 victims were found completely charred.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/europe/4691815.stm   (428 words)

  
 Fires in Spain
GFMC Summary: The fire that started last Sunday in the Guadalajara province east of Madrid and has killed at least 11 fire fighters, destroyed more than 8,000 hectares of pine woodland so far.
Hundreds of people were to be evacuated from their villages in drought-stricken Spain.
The group of 10 told the Civil Guard that their barbecue in a nature reserve of pine woodland in the Guadalajara province east of Madrid ignited the fire, said Carmen Vallejo, spokeswoman for the Interior Ministry of the Castilla y La Mancha region.
www.fire.uni-freiburg.de /GFMCnew/2005/07/0720/20050720_es.htm   (526 words)

  
 SummitPost - Ocejón -- Climbing, Hiking & Mountaineering
It's located in the Guadalajara province and the southern part of Sierra de Ayllón, called Sierra del Robledal y Ocejón.
The road crosses Guadalajara from SW to N, passing the center of the town to the left.
On that day crowds climb this peak and a mass is celebrated whereas a little crib is placed on the top.
www.summitpost.org /mountain/rock/151307/ocej-n.html   (1006 words)

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