Ciudad Real is a city in Castile-La Mancha, Spain, the capital of the province of Ciudad Real.

For the city in Chiapas, Mexico, formerly called Ciudad Real see San Cristóbal de Las Casas.

Its population is 65,048 (2002), about an eighth of the population of the province.

The capital was founded by King Alfonso X in the 13th century to fight against the power of the military order of Calatrava.

It has a stop on the AVE high-speed rail line and has begun to grow as a long-distance commuter suburb of Madrid.

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