Puerto Lápice

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| name = Puerto Lápice

| settlement_type = Municipality

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| image_skyline = Plaza de la constitucion en Puerto Lapice.jpg

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| image_shield = Escudo de Puerto Lápice (Ciudad Real).svg

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Spain

| subdivision_type1 = Autonomous community

| subdivision_name1 = Castilla–La Mancha

| subdivision_type2 = Province

| subdivision_name2 = Ciudad Real

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| coordinates = {{coord|39|19|28|N|3|28|52|W|region:ES_type:city|display=inline}}

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| elevation_m = 680

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| area_total_km2 = 54.84

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| population_demonym = Porteños

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| population_density_km2 = auto

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| timezone = CET

| utc_offset = +1

| timezone_DST = CEST

| utc_offset_DST = +2

| postal_code_type = Postal code

| postal_code = 13650

| area_code_type = Dialing code

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| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = Ana Maria Contreras Pavón

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| website = {{official website|http://www.puertoquijote.es}}

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Puerto Lápice is a municipality of Spain located in the province of Ciudad Real, Castilla–La Mancha. The municipality spans across a total area of 54.84 km2 and, as of 1 January 2020, it has a registered population of 891.{{Cite web|publisher=Ministerio de Asuntos Económicos y Transformación Digital|title=Datos del Registro de Entidades Locales|url=https://ssweb.seap.minhap.es/REL/frontend/inicio/municipios/8/13411/50|access-date=18 May 2021}}

Already since the 13th century, the territory of Puerto Lápice was part of the Campo de San Juan, the extensive territory under the seigneurial jurisdiction of the Knights Hospitaller in the lands of La Mancha.{{Cite book|year=2011|last=Molero García|url=https://ruidera.uclm.es/xmlui/bitstream/handle/10578/3750/fi_1398680734-de%20encomienda%20a%20priorato%20consuegra%20molero.pdf;sequence=1|first=Jesús M.|via=Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha|title= De encomienda a priorato. Consuegra y la Orden de San Juan en la edad media (siglos XII al XV)|pages=20–21}}

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