 Albacete, in turn, also incorporated parts of the territories of the old provinces of Cuenca and Murcia.Albacete was administered as part of the Region of Murcia until the 1978 configuration of autonomous regions.Nonetheless, during the First Spanish Republic, Albacete was one of the signatories to the Pacto Federal Castellano (1869) and in 1924 its deputation favored the formation of a "Comunidad Manchega" that would have recognized La Mancha (including Albacete) as a region.