Central Spain
The Meseta Central is one of the basic geographical units of the Iberian Peninsula. It consists of a plateau covering a large part of the latter's interior.| Tap on the map to travel |
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Popular Destinations
Madrid
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Madrid is Spain's capital and largest city, with over 3.2 million residents within the city limits and 6.8 million people live in the autonomous Community of Madrid region.
Valladolid
Valladolid is the capital of the province of the same name, and is part of the region of Castile and Leon.
Toledo
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Toledo is a historic city in Castilla La Mancha, sitting majestically above the Tagus River and denoted a UNESCO heritage site in 1986.
Destinations
Castile and Leon
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Castile and León is an autonomous region of Spain, taking its name from the many medieval castles that it is home to.
Castile-La Mancha
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Castile-La Mancha or Castilla La Mancha is an arid region of central Spain where the fictional Don Quixote fought imaginary giants, that were in fact windmills.
Extremadura
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Extremadura is a region of Spain. Extremadura is characterized by the joviality of its people, so in any corner of the land of Extremadura there is a place of fun.
Central Spain
Latitude of centre
41° northLongitude of centre
-4° or 4° westElevation
1,182 metres (3,878 feet)GeoNames ID
3116830Wikidata ID
Q821626Central Spain Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Afrikaans: Meseta
- Armenian: Մեսետա
- Basque: Iberiar goi-lautada
- Basque: Iberiar goi lautada
- Basque: Meseta
- Basque: Meseta Central
- Belarusian: Месета
- Belarusian: Мэсэта
- Bulgarian: Месета
- Catalan: Altiplà de Castella
- Catalan: Meseta
- Catalan: Meseta Central
- Cebuano: Meseta Central (ibabaw'mg patag sa Espanya)
- Cebuano: Meseta Central
- Chinese: 中西班牙
- Chinese: 梅塞塔高原
- Czech: Meseta
- Dutch: Castiliaanse Hoogvlakte
- Dutch: Centraal-Spanje
- Dutch: Kastiliaanse Hoogvlakte
- Dutch: Meseta
- Dutch: Spaanse Hoogland
- Dutch: Spaanse Hoogvlakte
- English: Altiplà de Castella
- English: Meseta
- English: Meseta Central
- Esperanto: Centra Altebenaĵo
- Esperanto: Centra Plataĵo
- Esperanto: Hispana Centra Altebenaĵo
- Esperanto: Hispana Centra Ebenaĵo
- Esperanto: Meseta Central
- French: Altiplano castillan
- French: Altiplano de Castille
- French: Altiplano de la Meseta
- French: Meseta
- French: Meseta castillane
- French: Meseta centrale
- French: Plateau central espagnol
- Galician: Meseta Central
- Georgian: მესეტა
- German: Iberische Meseta
- German: Zentralspanien
- Greek: Κεντρική Ισπανία
- Hebrew: מסטה
- Hebrew: מרכז ספרד
- Hungarian: Meseta
- Hungarian: Meseta Central
- Hungarian: Mezeta
- Italian: Altopiano della Meseta
- Italian: Meseta
- Japanese: メセタ
- Japanese: メセタ・セントラル
- Japanese: メセータ
- Kirghiz: Месета
- Korean: 메세타
- Korean: 메세타고원
- Latin: Media planities Hispanica
- Latin: Planitia centralis Hispanica
- Lithuanian: Centrinė Meseta
- Lithuanian: Kastilijos plokščiakalnis
- Lithuanian: Meseta
- Norwegian: Meseta Central
- Norwegian Bokmål: Meseta Central
- Norwegian Bokmål: Mesetaen
- Occitan (post 1500): Meseta
- Polish: Meseta
- Polish: Meseta Iberyjska
- Portuguese: Meseta Central
- Portuguese: Meseta Ibérica
- Russian: Иберийская Месета
- Russian: Кастильское плоскогорье
- Russian: Месета
- Serbian: Мезета
- Serbo-Croatian: Meseta
- Serbo-Croatian: Mezeta
- Slovenian: Meseta Central
- Slovenian: Osrednja Mezeta
- Spanish: Centro de España
- Spanish: Meseta Central
- Spanish: Meseta Central Iberica
- Spanish: Meseta Central Ibérica
- Spanish: Meseta castellana
- Swedish: Iberiska mesetan
- Swedish: Meseta Central (platå i Spanien)
- Swedish: Meseta Central
- Turkish: Meseta Central
- Ukrainian: Месета
- Venetian: Mezeta
- Vietnamese: Trung Tây Ban Nha
- Western Frisian: Spaanske Heechflakte
- Iberian Meseta
- Iberian Plateau
- La Meseta
- Meseta Iberica
- Meseta of Spain
- Spagna centrale
- Spanish Meseta
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