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| The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07. |
| Mancha, La |
| (lä män´chä) (KEY) , historic region of central Spain, in historic New Castile, comprising Ciudad Real prov. and part of the provinces of Toledo, Albacete, and Cuenca. This high, barren plateau, dotted with windmills, was made famous as the scene of most of the adventures of Don Quixote de la Mancha in the novel by Cervantes. |
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