a small city of La Mancha, in Spain, now in the province of Albacete. The judicial district of the same name contains 28,000 inhabitants. It is a very mountainous region, interspersed with fertile valleys. The principal mountain chain is the Sierra de Alcaraz, a prolongation of the Sierra Morena. The city stands near the river Guadiana, and has the remains of a once strong castle, and of a magnificent Roman aqueduct. It is mentioned by Prolemy under the name of Urecsa, converted by the Arabs into Al Karrasch. Pop. 7325.