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Tamajón

human settlement in Guadalajara Province, Castile-La Mancha, Spain

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionDec 25, 2025
Entity authorityQ1656074 ↗
Source-derived summary

Tamajón is a municipality located in the province of Guadalajara, Castile-La Mancha, Spain. According to the 2006 census (INE), the municipality had a population of 205 inhabitants and has a surface area of 116.28 km2.The inhabitants are called Agallonero-a.

It comprises the town of Tamajón and the villages of Almiruete, Palancares and Muriel.

A 16th-century church, dedicated to the Asunción de Nuestra Señora, overlooks the entrance to the town.

Two kilometres to the north is the Hermitage of the Virgen de los Enebrales,

the local Patron saint. Built in the 16th century, it was extended in the 18th century.

The "Enchanted City of Tamajón" is also close by, an area where the local limestone

has been eroded and forms fanciful shapes and caves.

Editorial summary

“Tamajón” enters the record as human settlement in Guadalajara Province, Castile-La Mancha, Spain. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Tamajón, human and settlement can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA valuable geographic starting point for tracing changing names, boundaries, uses and administrative responsibility. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2006—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Tamajón, human and settlement.
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Why this record matters

“Tamajón” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Tamajón, human and settlement provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Dec 25, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q1656074. Authority coordinates are 41.001, -3.249. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2006.

Critical limits

Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

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  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
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  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Tamajón”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Tamajón primary sources, Tamajón archive and Tamajón research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Tamajón”?
  2. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
  3. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
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This entry incorporates text from “Tamajón” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.