# Anguita

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{{Infobox settlement
| name                    = Anguita
| settlement_type         = [Municipality](/source/Municipalities_of_Spain)
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| subdivision_name1       = [Castile-La Mancha](/source/Castile-La_Mancha)
| subdivision_type2       = [Province](/source/Provinces_of_Spain)
| subdivision_name2       = [Guadalajara](/source/Guadalajara_(province))
| subdivision_type3       = [Comarca](/source/Comarcas_of_Spain)
| subdivision_name3       = [Sierra norte de Guadalajara](/source/Sierra_norte_de_Guadalajara)
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| subdivision_name4       = Sigüenza
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| postal_code_type        = [Postal code](/source/List_of_postal_codes_in_Spain)
| postal_code             = 19283
| leader_title            = Mayor
| leader_name             =Claudio Sancho González 
| leader_party            = [PSOE](/source/Spanish_Socialist_Workers'_Party)
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'''Anguita''' is a municipality in the [province of Guadalajara](/source/Guadalajara_(province)), [Castile-La Mancha](/source/Castile-La_Mancha), Spain, with a population of 203 in 2009.

==Geography==

Anguita is located in the [Sistema Ibérico](/source/Sistema_Ib%C3%A9rico) below [Sierra Ministra](/source/Sierra_Ministra). River [Tajuña](/source/Taju%C3%B1a) and its tributaries, [La Madre](/source/La_Madre_River) and [Prado Creek](/source/Prado_Creek) flow through the area.

The municipality includes the towns of [Aguilar de Anguita](/source/Aguilar_de_Anguita), Anguita, [Padilla del Ducado](/source/Padilla_del_Ducado), [Santa María del Espino](/source/Santa_Mar%C3%ADa_del_Espino) and  [Villarejo de Medina](/source/Villarejo_de_Medina).

There is an important population of [Dupont's lark](/source/Dupont's_lark) (''Chersophilus duponti'') in the surrounding area.

==History==
Anguita's area has been populated since ancient times. Anguita has remains of a Roman camp, although it is possible that it has been a [Celtiberian](/source/Celtiberians) city before.

During the [al-Andalus](/source/al-Andalus) period, Anguita was located on the frontier with the northern Christian-held territory.

In 1813 the first [Diputation](/source/Diputation) of Spain was signed here.

==Main sights==
*Cigüeña Tower.
*Remains of the Roman camp
*[Castro del Hocincavero](/source/Castro_del_Hocincavero) and some others ruins, such as those of [Aguilar de Anguita](/source/Aguilar_de_Anguita), where is the biggest necropolis of this culture, "El Altillo".
*Saint Peter Church, a [Romanesque](/source/Romanesque_architecture)-[Gothic](/source/Gothic_architecture) church.
*Virgen de la Lastra hermitage, the biggest church in the village.
*La Soledad hermitage, a typical local [hermitage](/source/Hermitage_(religious_retreat)).

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Anguita}}
*{{Cite web |url=http://www.dguadalajara.es/municipios/anguita.htm |title=Diputación de Guadalajara |access-date=2010-02-01 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121211134105/http://www.dguadalajara.es/municipios/anguita.htm |archive-date=2012-12-11 |url-status=dead }} 
*[http://maps.google.es/maps?q=Anguita&ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:es-ES:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&resnum=1&ct=title Situation]
*[http://www.turismocastillalamancha.com/lugares/guadalajara/anguita/ Information of the village from "Castilla-La Mancha: descubre y siente"]

{{Municipalities in Guadalajara}}
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Category:Municipalities in the Province of Guadalajara

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