Quintanar de la Orden is a municipality of Spain located in the province of Toledo, Castilla–La Mancha.

The term "Quintanar" derives from the Latin Quintana meaning 'one fifth' which may relate to the portion of the harvest of the tenants (or its monetary equivalent) which had to be paid as tax or rent at the market where they sold food.

[3] The municipality borders the towns of Mota del Cuervo in the Province of Cuenca and Villanueva de Alcardete, El Toboso, Miguel Esteban and La Puebla de Almoradiel in the Province of Toledo .

Quintanar was one of the villages of La Mancha whose repopulation was tasked to the Order of Santiago.

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