Yepes is a villa in the northern region of the province of Toledo, in the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha, Spain.PopulationThe first numbers about the population of Yepes date back to 1534 and account for some 4000 or 5000 inhabitants.In the 20th century the population was 4767, its limits are: North: Aranjuez (province of Madrid), Ciruelos and Ocaña (province of Toledo)East: OcañaSouth: Villaseca de Yepes and Huerta de Valdecarábanos (Toledo)West: Aranjuez and Almonacid (Toledo)HistoryYepes has the first documented human presence in a Celtiberian village, founded ca. 600 BC.The former Hippo or Hippona of the Carpetanians, where the Celtiberians defeated the Roman troops of Quintius and Calpurnius, derives its current from the times of the Muslim rule, when it was called Hepes, which in turn would produce Hiepes, Iepes and finally Yepes. It is possible that Hepes be a mozarabic toponym.