Ciudad Real

Ciudad Real ('royal city;' Ciudad being Lat. civitas), a town of Spain, capital of the province of the same name—area, 6042 sq. m.; pop. (1885) 280,642—situated on a plain between the rivers Guadiana and Jabalon, 105 miles S. of Madrid by rail. It is a poor, dull place, but has a fine Gothic church, and remains of the old town-walls, with one handsome gateway. There are manufactures to a small extent of coarse woollens, linen, and table-cloths, and a trade in the agricultural produce of the district. The population has declined, and in 1897 was estimated at 13,500.