Guadalajara (province)

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Guadalajara province.

This article is about the province of Guadalajara in Spain. For other uses, see Guadalajara.

Guadalajara the name is derived from the original name Wādī al-Hijārah (Arabic وادي الحجارة), the stony river. 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 population is 177,761 (2002). Its capital is Guadalajara, where nearly 40% of the province's population lives. There are 288 municipalities in Guadalajara, of which more than three-quarters are villages with populations less than 200.

See also: List of municipalities in Guadalajara and Pastrana

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