Anguita

Anguita
Municipality
Coat of arms of Anguita Coat of arms
Anguita Location in Spain
Coordinates:
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Castile-La Mancha
Province	Guadalajara
Comarca	Sierra norte de Guadalajara
Judicial district	Sigüenza
Government
• Mayor	Claudio Sancho González (PSOE)
Area
• Total	127.19 km2 (49.11 sq mi)
Elevation	1,107 m (3,632 ft)
Population (2009)
• Total	203
• Density	1.6/km2 (4.1/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Anguiteños
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	19283

Anguita is a municipality in the province of Guadalajara, Castile-La Mancha, Spain. As of 2009, the municipality has a population of 203 inhabitants.

Geography

Anguita is located in the Sistema Ibérico below Sierra Ministra. River Tajuña and its tributaries, La Madre and Prado Creek are flowing through the area.

The municipal term includes the towns of Aguilar de Anguita, Anguita, Padilla del Ducado, Santa María del Espino and Villarejo de Medina.

There is an important population of Dupont's lark (Chersophilus duponti) in the surrounding environment.

History

Anguita's area has been populated since ancient times. Anguita has remains of a Roman camp, although it is possible that it has been a Celtiberian city before.

During the al-Andalus period, Anguita was located on the frontier with the northern Christian-held territory.

In 1813 the first Diputation of Spain was signed here.

Main sights

• Cigüeña Tower.
• Remains of the Roman camp
• Castro del Hocincavero and some others ruins, such as those of Aguilar de Anguita, where is the biggest necropolis of this culture, "El Altillo".
• Saint Peter Church, a Romanesque-Gothic church.
• Virgen de la Lastra hermitage, the biggest church in the village.
• La Soledad hermitage, a typical local hermitage.

External links

• Diputación de Guadalajara
• Situation
• Information of the village from "Castilla-La Mancha: descubre y siente"