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Cuenca

municipality and capital of the province of Cuenca, Spain

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Cuenca is a city in Spain that serves as the capital of the province of Cuenca. It is the main administrative and population center for its province.

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Official name: Cuenca
Demonym: conquense
Population: 53600
Area: 911060000
Elevation: 946
Official website: www.cuenca.es
Image: Cuenca. Castilla - La Mancha. Spain (4172789174).jpg
Licence plate code: CU

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Commons category: Cuenca (Spain)
postal code: 16000
Commons gallery: Cuenca
native label: Cuenca
male population: 26049
female population: 28641
P8168: Serov
IPA transcription: ˈkweŋka
P12749: Friedrich von Beck-Rzikowsky

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Cuenca ( Spanish: [ˈkweŋka] ) is a city and municipality of Spain located in the autonomous community of Castilla–La Mancha and the capital of the province of Cuenca.

The primitive urban core developed on a narrow escarpment caged between the Júcar and the Huécar rivers, on the western fringes of the Iberian System mountains. It was probably founded towards the 10th century CE, becoming a stronghold of the Arabised Berber lineage of the Banū Zennum, featuring a fortress, Qal'at Kūnka, which was conquered for the Kingdom of Castile in 1177. In the early modern period, the city boasted of a thriving textile and tapestry industry.