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Medinaceli

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Medinaceli () is a municipality and town in the province of Soria, in Castile and León, Spain. Built on a hilltop at about 1210 metres above sea level, the town oversees the Jalón valley. The municipality includes other villages like Torralba del Moral. The A-15 and A-2 motorways link up in the municipality.

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Medinaceli is a town in northern Spain built on a hilltop overlooking a valley, notable for its strategic location where two major motorways connect. The town serves as a regional hub in the province of Soria and includes several smaller villages within its municipality.

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Settlement.name: Medinaceli
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality
Settlement.image_skyline: Medinaceli - panoramio (1).jpg
Settlement.image_caption: View of Medinaceli
Settlement.image_flag: Bandera de Medinaceli.svg
Settlement.image_shield: Escudo de Medinaceli.svg
Settlement.image_map: Medinaceli (Soria) Mapa.svg
Settlement.map_caption: Municipality of Medinaceli
Settlement.pushpin_map: Spain Castile and León#Spain
Settlement.pushpin_relief: 1
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Spain
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Autonomous community
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Castile and León
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Soria
Settlement.elevation_m: 1092
Settlement.area_total_km2: 205.37

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Medinaceli () is a municipality and town in the province of Soria, in Castile and León, Spain. Built on a hilltop at about 1210 metres above sea level, the town oversees the Jalón valley. The municipality includes other villages like Torralba del Moral. The A-15 and A-2 motorways link up in the municipality.

== Etymology == Its name derives from the Masmuda tribe , which was named after the berber Tribe of Masmuda.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Medinaceli” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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