41°39N 83°33W, pop (2000e) 313 600. Seat of Lucas Co, NW Ohio, USA; port at the mouth of the Maumee R, at the W end of L Erie; formed by the union of two settlements, 1833; involved in the Toledo War (18356), a boundary dispute between Ohio and Michigan; railway; university (1872); vehicles, glass and fabricated metal products, machinery, oil products; trade in coal and grain; one of the country's largest rail centres; Museum of Art, Zoological Gardens, Crosby Gardens, Fort Meigs State Memorial, Bluebird Passenger Train.
Most notably, it refers to two cities of the world:Toledo, Spain, the original city named Toledo, World Heritage Site, capital of Castile-La Mancha and one of the former capitals of the Spanish Empire Toledo, Ohio, United States, the largest city named Toledo in the U.S.
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