title: Atalaya
text: # Atalaya
  
  Atalaya (Spanish for watchtower) may refer to:
  
  ## Places
  
  ### Spain
  
  * Atalaya, Badajoz, a municipality in the province of Badajoz, Extremadura
  * Atalaya (Madrid), a ward in Madrid
  * Atalaya del Cañavate, a municipality in the province of Cuenca, Castile-La Mancha
  * La Atalaya, Salamanca, a municipality in the province of Salamanca, Castile and León
  * Atalaya Castle (Spain), a Moorish structure in Villena, province of Alicante
  * La Atalaya, a former village that was destroyed to expand the Corta Atalaya open-pit mine
  * Atalayas de Alcalá, (Talaies d'Alcalà), a mountain range in the Valencian Community
  
  ### Puerto Rico
  
  * Atalaya, Aguada, Puerto Rico, a barrio
  * Atalaya, Rincón, Puerto Rico, a barrio
  
  ### Elsewhere
  
  * Atalaya, Buenos Aires, a settlement in Magdalena Partido, Argentina
  * Atalaya, a part of the Guatemalan archaeological site Q'umarkaj
  * Atalaya District, Veraguas Province, Panama
  * Atalaya, Veraguas, capital of Atalaya District, Panama
  * Atalaya Province, Peru
  * Atalaya, Ucayali, Ucayali region, Peru
  * Atalaya Castle (US), a mansion in South Carolina
  * Atalaya Mountain, a hill in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
  
  ## Other uses
  
  * Atalaya (plant), a genus of flowering plants in the family Sapindaceae
  