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Madrid is one of Spain's seventeen autonomous communities, located in the centre of the country. It is coterminous with the province of Madrid, and contains the city of Madrid, which is the capital of the community, the province, and the country. Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Community_of_Madrid. ...
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Flag of the Community of Madrid Flag of the City of Madrid The autonomous community of Madrid and its capital city, Madrid, each have their own flags. ...
In politics, a capital (also called capital city or political capital — although the latter phrase has a second meaning based on an alternative sense of capital) is the principal city or town associated with a countrys government. ...
Location Coordinates : 40° 23’N , 3°43′0″W Time Zone : CET (GMT +1) - summer: CEST (GMT +2) General information Native name Villa de Madrid (Spanish) Spanish name Villa de Madrid Founded 9th century Postal code 28001-28080 Area code 34 (Spain) + 91 (Madrid) Website http://www. ...
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Here is a list of the autonomous communities of Spain in order of area. ...
To help compare orders of magnitude of different geographical regions, we list here areas between 1,000 km² and 10,000 km². See also areas of other orders of magnitude. ...
Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ...
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Here is a list of the autonomous communities of Spain in order of population. ...
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March 1 is the 60th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (61st in leap years). ...
1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Cortes Generales (Spanish for General Courts) is the legislature of Spain. ...
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The Spanish Senate (Spanish: Senado) is the upper house of the Cortes Generales, Spains legislative branch. ...
In the process of the democracy restoration in Spain between 1975-1978, the nationalist and regionalist parties pressed to grant home rule to parts of Spain. ...
Esperanza Aguirre Gil de Biedma, Spanish politician, is the President of the autonomous community of Madrid. ...
The Peoples Party (Spanish: Partido Popular) is the largest liberal conservative political party in Spain. ...
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Autonomous communities of Spain. ...
In addition to its seventeen autonomous communities, Spain is divided into fifty provinces. ...
Location Coordinates : 40° 23’N , 3°43′0″W Time Zone : CET (GMT +1) - summer: CEST (GMT +2) General information Native name Villa de Madrid (Spanish) Spanish name Villa de Madrid Founded 9th century Postal code 28001-28080 Area code 34 (Spain) + 91 (Madrid) Website http://www. ...
Madrid is bordered by the autonomous communities of Castile-Leon (provinces of Ávila and Segovia) and Castile-La Mancha (provinces of Guadalajara, Cuenca, and Toledo). Capital Valladolid Area – Total – % of Spain Ranked 1st 94,223 km² 18,6% Population – Total (2005) – % of Spain – Density Ranked 6th 2,510,849 5. ...
Ãvila province Ãvila is a province of western Spain, in the southern part of the autonomous community of Castile and León. ...
Segovia province Segovia is a province of central Spain, in the southern part of the autonomous community of Castile and León. ...
Capital Toledo Area – Total – % of Spain Ranked 3rd 79 463 km² 15,7% Population – Total (2003) – % of Spain – Density Ranked 9th 1 782 038 4,3% 22,43/km² Demonym – English – Spanish Castilian-Manchego castellano-manchego Statute of Autonomy August 16, 1982 ISO 3166-2 CM Parliamentary representation – Congress seats...
Guadalajara province Guadalajara is a province of central Spain, in the northern part of the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha. ...
Cuenca province Cuenca is a province of central Spain, in the eastern part of the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha. ...
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Over half of the population live in the capital. Other historically or commercially important cities located in the community include Alcalá de Henares, Coslada, Torrejon de Ardoz, Getafe, Móstoles, San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Navalcarnero and Aranjuez. There are 179 municipalities in Madrid. See List of municipalities in Madrid. Alcalá de Henares, or Alcalá on the Henares, is a Spanish city, whose historical centre is one of the UNESCOs World Heritage Sites, and formerly one of the first bishoprics founded in Spain. ...
Location Location of Getafe Coordinates : 40° 18’N , 3°43′0″W Time Zone : CET (GMT +1) - summer: CEST (GMT +2) General information Native name Getafe (Spanish) Spanish name Getafe Founded 1326 Postal code 28901-28909 Area code 34 (Spain) + 91 (Getafe) Website http://www. ...
Móstoles is city belonging to the autonomous community of Madrid. ...
The facade of the chapel, in the baroque style of Jesuit churches, is integrated with the palatial facade El Escorial is an immense palace, monastery, museum, and library complex located at San Lorenzo de El Escorial (also San Lorenzo del Escorial), a town 45 kilometres northwest of Madrid in the...
Navalcarnero is a municipality in Madrid (province), (Spain). ...
Aranjuez is a town in the southern part of Autonomous Community of Madrid in central Spain and is the southernmost, and 48 km south of the city of Madrid. ...
This is a list of the municipalities in the province and autonomous community of Madrid, Spain. ...
Madrid was considered during Francisco Franco's dictatorship part of New Castile (see Castile-La Mancha) but was made into its own community at the beginning of the autonomía system because of great economic disparity between Madrid and the Castilian-Manchego hinterland. Francisco Yannick Kneusje Tengo Angel Fernandez Paulino Hermenegildo Teódulo Franco y Bahamonde Salgado Pardo (4 December 1892 – 20 November or possibly 19 November[1] 1975), abbreviated “Francisco Franco y Bahamonde†and commonly known as “GeneralÃsimo Francisco Franco†(pron. ...
Capital Toledo Area – Total – % of Spain Ranked 3rd 79 463 km² 15,7% Population – Total (2003) – % of Spain – Density Ranked 9th 1 782 038 4,3% 22,43/km² Demonym – English – Spanish Castilian-Manchego castellano-manchego Statute of Autonomy August 16, 1982 ISO 3166-2 CM Parliamentary representation – Congress seats...
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Andalusia · Aragon · Asturias · Balearic Islands · Basque Country · Canary Islands · Cantabria · Castile-La Mancha · Castile and León · Catalonia · Extremadura · Galicia · Madrid · Murcia · Navarre · La Rioja · Valencia Motto: AndalucÃa por sÃ, para España y la humanidad (Andalusia by herself, for Spain, and for humankind) Capital Seville Official language(s) Spanish Area – Total – % of Spain Ranked 2nd 87,268 km² 17. ...
Capital Zaragoza Official language(s) Spanish; Aragonese and Catalan also used Area – Total – % of Spain Ranked 4th 47,719 km² 9. ...
Anthem: Asturias, patria querida Capital Oviedo Official language(s) Spanish; Asturian have special status Area – Total – % of Spain Ranked 10th 10,604 km² 2. ...
Capital Palma Official language(s) Spanish and Catalan Area – Total – % of Spain Ranked 17th 4,992 km² 1. ...
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The Canaries is the nickname of Norwich City FC. Capital Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and Santa Cruz de Tenerife Official language(s) Spanish Area – Total – % of Spain Ranked 13th 7,447 km² 1. ...
Anthem: Himno de Cantabria Capital Santander Official language(s) Spanish Area – Total – % of Spain Ranked 15th 5,321 km² 1. ...
Capital Toledo Area – Total – % of Spain Ranked 3rd 79 463 km² 15,7% Population – Total (2003) – % of Spain – Density Ranked 9th 1 782 038 4,3% 22,43/km² Demonym – English – Spanish Castilian-Manchego castellano-manchego Statute of Autonomy August 16, 1982 ISO 3166-2 CM Parliamentary representation – Congress seats...
Capital no official capital of the community is defined; Valladolid however is the seat of the Regional Executive, and the Regional Parliament. ...
Anthem: Els Segadors Capital Barcelona Official language(s) Spanish, Catalan, and Aranese Area – Total – % of Spain Ranked 6th 32,114 km² 6. ...
Capital Mérida Area – Total – % of Spain Ranked 5th 41 634 km² 8,2% Population – Total (2005) – % of Spain – Density Ranked 12th 1 083 879 2,5% 26,03/km² Demonym – English – Spanish — extremeño/a, castúo Statute of Autonomy February 26, 1983 ISO 3166-2 EX Parliamentary representation...
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Capital Murcia Official language(s) Spanish; Murcian dialect unofficially Area – Total – % of Spain Ranked 9th 11,313 km² 2. ...
Capital Pamplona (Basque: Iruña) Official language(s) Spanish; Basque co-official in the north of community. ...
Capital Logroño Area – Total – % of Spain Ranked 16th 5 045 km² 1,0% Population – Total (2005) – % of Spain – Density Ranked 17th 301 084 0,7% 59,68/km² Demonym – English – Spanish — riojano/a Statute of Autonomy June 9, 1982 Parliament – Congress seats – Senate seats 4 1 President Pedro Sanz...
Capital Valencia Official language(s) Castilian and Valencian Area – Total – % of Spain Ranked 8th 23,255 km² 4. ...
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Ceuta · Melilla | Islas Chafarinas · Peñón de Alhucemas · Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera In addition to its autonomous communities, Spain has five plazas de soberanÃa (places of sovereignty) near Morocco administrated directly by Madrids Government. ...
Area – Total 28 km² Population – Total (2005) – Density 75,276 2688. ...
Area – Total 20 km² (8 mi²) Population – Total (2005) – Density 65,488 3274. ...
19th-century Spanish map showing the Chafarinas Islas Chafarinas is a group of three small islands located in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Morocco, 48 km (30 mi) to the east of Melilla and 3. ...
19th-century Spanish map showing the Peñón de Alhucemas Peñón de Alhucemas, or Lavender Rock, is one of the Spanish territories in North Africa off the Moroccan coast, along with the coastal enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla, the island of Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera...
19th-century Spanish map showing the Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera is one of the Spanish territories on North Africa off the Moroccan coast (Plazas de soberanÃa), along with the coastal enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla, the island...
| A Coruña · Álava · Albacete · Alicante · Almería · Asturias · Ávila · Badajoz · Balearic Islands · Barcelona · Burgos · Cáceres · Cádiz · Cantabria · Castellón · Ceuta · Ciudad Real · Córdoba · Cuenca · Girona · Granada · Guadalajara · Guipúzcoa · Huelva · Huesca · Jaén · Las Palmas · León · Lleida · Lugo · Madrid · Málaga · Melilla · Murcia · Navarra · Orense · Palencia · Pontevedra · La Rioja · Salamanca · Santa Cruz de Tenerife · Segovia · Seville · Soria · Tarragona · Teruel · Toledo · Valencia · Valladolid · Vizcaya · Zamora · Zaragoza In addition to its seventeen autonomous communities, Spain is divided into fifty provinces. ...
A Coruña (also: La Coruña in Spanish, La Corogne in French and La Croyne and Corunna in English) is the most North-western Atlantic facing province of Spain, and one of the four provinces which constitute the autonomous community of Galicia. ...
Ãlava province Ãlava (Basque: Araba) is a province of northern Spain, in the southern part of the autonomous community of the Basque Country. ...
Albacete province Albacete is a province of central Spain, in the southern part of the autonomous community of Castilla-La Mancha. ...
Location of Alicante province in Spain. ...
AlmerÃa province AlmerÃa is a province of southern Spain, in the eastern part of the autonomous community of Andalusia. ...
Anthem: Asturias, patria querida Capital Oviedo Official language(s) Spanish; Asturian have special status Area – Total – % of Spain Ranked 10th 10,604 km² 2. ...
Ãvila province Ãvila is a province of western Spain, in the southern part of the autonomous community of Castile and León. ...
Badajoz is a province of western Spain, in the southern part of the autonomous community of Extremadura. ...
Capital Palma Official language(s) Spanish and Catalan Area – Total – % of Spain Ranked 17th 4,992 km² 1. ...
Barcelona is a province of eastern Spain, in the center of the autonomous community of Catalonia. ...
Burgos province Burgos is a province of northern Spain, in the northeastern part of the autonomous community of Castile and León. ...
Cáceres province Cáceres is a province of western Spain, in the northern part of the autonomous community of Extremadura. ...
Cádiz province Cádiz is a province of southern Spain, in the southwestern part of the autonomous community of Andalusia, being the southernmost point of continental Western Europe. ...
Anthem: Himno de Cantabria Capital Santander Official language(s) Spanish Area – Total – % of Spain Ranked 15th 5,321 km² 1. ...
Castellón province Castellón (Spanish) or Castelló (Catalan/Valencian) is a province in the northern part of the Valencian Country, Spain. ...
Area – Total 28 km² Population – Total (2005) – Density 75,276 2688. ...
Ciudad Real is a province of central Spain, in the southwestern part of the autonomous community of Castile_La Mancha. ...
Córdoba Province may refer to: Córdoba Province, Argentina Córdoba Province, Spain This is a disambiguation page — a list of articles associated with the same title. ...
Cuenca province Cuenca is a province of central Spain, in the eastern part of the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha. ...
Girona province Girona (Catalan:Girona;Spanish: Gerona) is a province of eastern Spain, in the northern part of the autonomous community of Catalonia. ...
Granada province Granada is a province of southern Spain, in the eastern part of the autonomous community of Andalusia. ...
Guadalajara province Guadalajara is a province of central Spain, in the northern part of the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha. ...
Guipúzcoa province Guipúzcoa (Basque Gipuzkoa, Spanish Guipúzcoa, in English sometimes as Guipuscoa) is a province of northern Spain, in the northeastern part of the autonomous community of the Basque Country. ...
Huelva province Huelva is a province of southern Spain, in the western part of the autonomous community of Andalusia. ...
Huesca province Huesca is a province of northern Spain, in the northern part of the autonomous community of Aragon. ...
Jaén Province may refer to Jaén Province, Spain Jaén Province, Peru This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...
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León province León (Llión in Asturian-leonese language) is a province of northwestern Spain, in the northwestern part of the autonomous community of Castile and León. ...
Lleida province Lleida is a province of eastern Spain, in the western part of the autonomous community of Catalonia. ...
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Málaga province The Province of Málaga (Spanish Provincia de Málaga) is located on the southern coast of Spain, in the Autonomous Community of Andalusia. ...
Area – Total 20 km² (8 mi²) Population – Total (2005) – Density 65,488 3274. ...
Capital Murcia Official language(s) Spanish; Murcian dialect unofficially Area – Total – % of Spain Ranked 9th 11,313 km² 2. ...
Navarre (Spanish Navarra, Basque Nafarroa) is an autonomous community and province of Spain. ...
Map of Ourense Ourense ( Castilian, Ourense) is a province of northwestern Spain, in the southeastern part of the autonomous community of Galicia. ...
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Capital Logroño Area – Total – % of Spain Ranked 16th 5 045 km² 1,0% Population – Total (2005) – % of Spain – Density Ranked 17th 301 084 0,7% 59,68/km² Demonym – English – Spanish — riojano/a Statute of Autonomy June 9, 1982 Parliament – Congress seats – Senate seats 4 1 President Pedro Sanz...
Salamanca province Image:EscudoProvinciaSalamanca. ...
Santa Cruz de Tenerife province Santa Cruz de Tenerife is a province of Spain, consisting of the western part of the autonomous community of the Canary Islands. ...
Segovia province Segovia is a province of central Spain, in the southern part of the autonomous community of Castile and León. ...
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Soria province Soria is a province of central Spain, in the eastern part of the autonomous community of Castile and León. ...
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Teruel province Teruel is a province of central Spain, in the southern part of the autonomous community of Aragon. ...
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Valencia province Valencia (Castilian Spanish: Valencia /balenθja/; Valencian Catalan: València /vałεnsia/) is a province of Spain, in the central part of the Valencian Country. ...
Valladolid province Valladolid is a province of western Spain, in the central part of the autonomous community of Castile and León. ...
Vizcaya province Vizcaya (Basque Bizkaia) is a province of northern Spain, in the northwestern part of the autonomous community of the Basque Country. ...
Zamora province Zamora is a province of western Spain, in the western part of the autonomous community of Castile and León. ...
Zaragoza province Zaragoza (also called Saragossa in English) is a province of northern Spain, in the central part of the autonomous community of Aragon. ...
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