Carranque is a town in the province of Toledo, within the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha, Spain. It lies in the part of the province that borders the province of Madrid, an area known as the Alta Sagra.
The town's location in the Alta Sagra places it in the northern reaches of Toledo province, close to the regional boundary with Madrid. This position within the broader Castilian landscape of central Spain defines its administrative and geographic setting.
Carranque is a Spanish municipality, and its status as a town within the Toledo provincial framework is its primary administrative characteristic. The surrounding Alta Sagra area, shared with the neighbouring province of Madrid, forms the immediate regional context in which the town is situated.