Esquivias is a municipality located in the province of Toledo, Castile-La Mancha,

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. According to the 2006

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(

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), the municipality has a population of 4,812 inhabitants. The author

Cervantes Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (; 29 September 1547 (assumed) – 22 April 1616 Old Style and New Style dates, NS) was an Early Modern Spanish writer widely regarded as the greatest writer in the Spanish language and one of the world's pre-emin ...

lived here after marrying Catalina, a girl from the village, in 1584.

References

Municipalities in the Province of Toledo {{CastileLaMancha-geo-stub