located_in_the_administrative_territorial_entity valdemanco del esteras
A municipality is usually a single urban administrative division having corporate status and powers ___MASK25___ self - government or jurisdiction as granted by national and state laws , to which it is subordinate . It is to be distinguished from the county , which may encompass rural territory and / or numerous small communities such as towns , villages and hamlets . The term " municipality " may also mean the governing or ruling body ___MASK25___ a given municipality . A municipality is a general - purpose administrative subdivision , as opposed to a special - purpose district . The term is derived from French " municipalité " and Latin " municipalis ". Valdemanco del Esteras is a municipality in the province ___MASK25___ Ciudad Real , Castile - La Mancha , Spain . It has a population ___MASK25___ 247 . A comarca (, pl . " comarcas " pl . " comarques ") is a traditional region or local administrative division found in parts ___MASK25___ Spain , Portugal , Panama , Nicaragua , and Brazil . The term is derived from the term marca , meaning a " march , mark ", plus the prefix " co "- meaning " together , jointly ". La Mancha is a natural and historical region located on an arid but fertile , elevated plateau ( 610 m or 2000 ft .) ___MASK25___ central Spain , south ___MASK25___ Madrid , from the mountains ___MASK25___ Toledo to the western spurs ___MASK25___ the hills ___MASK25___ Cuenca , and bordered to the South by the Sierra Morena and to the North by the Alcarria region . La Mancha includes portions ___MASK25___ the modern provinces ___MASK25___ Cuenca , Toledo , and Albacete , and most ___MASK25___ the ___MASK75___ . La Mancha historical comarca constitutes the southern portion ___MASK25___ Castilla  La Mancha autonomous community and makes up most ___MASK25___ the present - day administrative region . A county is a geographical region ___MASK25___ a country used for administrative or other purposes , in certain modern nations . The term is derived from the Old French " conté " or " cunté " denoting a jurisdiction under the sovereignty ___MASK25___ a count ( earl ) or a viscount . The modern French is " comté ", and its equivalents in other languages are " contea ", " contado ", " comtat ", " condado ", " Grafschaft ", " graafschap ", " Gau ", etc . ( cf . " conte ", " comte ", " conde ", " Graf "). An administrative division , unit , entity , area or region , also referred to as a subnational entity , constituent unit , or country subdivision , is a portion ___MASK25___ a country or other region delineated for the purpose ___MASK25___ administration . Administrative divisions are granted a certain degree ___MASK25___ autonomy and are usually required to manage themselves through their own local governments . Countries are divided up into these smaller units to make managing their land and the affairs ___MASK25___ their people easier . For example , a country may be divided into provinces , which , in turn , are divided into counties , which , in turn , may be divided in whole or in part into municipalities ; and so on . A village is a clustered human settlement or community , larger than a ___MASK17___ but smaller than a town , with a population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand . Though often located in rural areas , the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods . Villages are normally permanent , with fixed dwellings ; however , transient villages can occur . Further , the dwellings ___MASK25___ a village are fairly close to one another , not scattered broadly over the landscape , as a dispersed settlement . A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city . The size definition for what constitutes a " town " varies considerably in different parts ___MASK25___ the world . ___MASK83___ ( English : " Royal City ") is a city in Castile  La Mancha , Spain , with a population ___MASK25___ c . 75 , 000 . It is the capital ___MASK25___ the province ___MASK25___ ___MASK83___ . It has a stop on the AVE high - speed rail line and has begun to grow as a long - distance commuter suburb ___MASK25___ Madrid , which is located 115 miles ( 185 km ) to the north ___MASK25___ ___MASK83___ . ___MASK90___ , officially the Kingdom ___MASK25___ ___MASK90___ , is a sovereign state largely located on the Iberian Peninsula in southwestern Europe , with two large archipelagos , the Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean Sea and the Canary Islands off the North African Atlantic coast , two cities Ceuta and Melilla in the North African mainland and several small islands in the Alboran Sea near the Moroccan coast . Its mainland is bordered to the south and east by the Mediterranean Sea except for a small land boundary with Gibraltar ; to the north and northeast by France , Andorra , and the Bay ___MASK25___ Biscay ; and to the west and northwest by Portugal and the ___MASK76___ . It is the only European country to have a border with an African country ( Morocco ) and its African territory accounts for nearly 5 % ___MASK25___ its population , mostly in the Canary Islands but also in Ceuta and Melilla . The province ___MASK25___ Ciudad Real is a province in the southwestern part ___MASK25___ the autonomous community ___MASK25___ Castile - La Mancha , Spain . It is bordered by the provinces ___MASK25___ Cuenca , Albacete , Jaén , Córdoba , Badajoz , and Toledo . It is partly located in the old natural region ___MASK25___ La Mancha . Its capital is Ciudad Real . It is the third biggest province ___MASK25___ Spain , after Cáceres and Badajoz . The historical comarca Campo de Calatrava is located in the centre ___MASK25___ the province . A natural region is a basic geographic unit . Usually it is a region which is distinguished by its common natural features ___MASK25___ geography , geology , and climate .