Getafe
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Location
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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 (Madrid)
Website	http://www.getafe.es
Administration
Country	Spain
Autonomous Community	Comunidad Autónoma de Madrid
Province	Madrid
Comarca	Madrid metropolitan area
Administrative Divisions	1
Neighborhoods	14
Mayor	Pedro Castro Vázquez (PSOE)
Geography
Land Area	78,74 km²
Altitude	623 m AMSL
Population
Population	156,320 (2006)
- rank in Spain:	41st
Density	1,985 hab./km² (2006)

Getafe is a city in the southern of the Madrid metropolitan area, Spain, 12 km from downtown. The town's population is 156,320 (INE December 2006). Getafe has an industrial and commercial center, military airport ("Cradle of Spanish aviation" says the slogan), and the town has good transportation links with Madrid by several highways (A-4, A-42 (previous N-401), M-45) and the metropolitan Metro. Among the several industries located in Getafe, there is a factory of EADS (formerly CASA), where several parts of the Airbus are manufactured. A time zone is a region of the Earth that has adopted the same standard time, usually referred to as the local time. ... This article is about the international language known as Spanish. ... Postal codes are generally clearly visible outside local Australian post offices. ... A telephone numbering plan is a system that allows subscribers to make and receive telephone calls across long distances. ... A website (alternatively, Web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos and other digital assets that is hosted on a Web server, usually accessible via the Internet or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML, that is almost always accessible via HTTP, a... The term Administration, as used in the context of government, differs according to jurisdiction. ... In political geography and international politics a country is a geographical entity, a territory, most commonly associated with the notions of state or nation. ... Spains fifty provinces (provincias) are grouped into seventeen autonomous communities (comunidades aut nomas), in addition to two African autonomous cities (ciudades aut nomas) (Ceuta and Melilla). ... Capital Madrid Official language(s) Spanish Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked 12th  8,030. ... A province is a territorial unit, almost always a country subdivision. ... Capital Madrid Official language(s) Spanish Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked 12th  8,030. ... This is a list of the comarques (singular comarca) of Catalonia. ... The Madrid Metropolitan Area. ... A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning larger, greater) is the modern title of the highest ranking municipal officer. ... The Peoples Party (Spanish: Partido Popular) is the largest liberal conservative political party in Spain. ... Altitude is the elevation of an object from a known level or datum. ... The term above mean sea level (AMSL) refers to the elevation (on the ground) or altitude (in the air) of any object, relative to the average sea level. ... In physics, density is mass m per unit volume V. For the common case of a homogeneous substance, it is expressed as: where, in SI units: ρ (rho) is the density of the substance, measured in kg·m-3 m is the mass of the substance, measured in kg V is... The Madrid Metropolitan Area. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... The Madrid Metro is the large metro subway system serving the city of Madrid. ... The European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company EADS N.V. (EADS) is a large European aerospace corporation, formed by the merger on July 10, 2000 of Aérospatiale-Matra of France, Construcciones Aeronáuticas SA (CASA) of Spain, and DaimlerChrysler Aerospace AG (DASA) of Germany. ... Airbus S.A.S. is the aircraft manufacturing subsidiary of EADS N.V., a pan-European aerospace concern. ...

Directly to the east of Getafe we find the Cerro de los Ángeles, historically considered to be the geographical center of Spain. Recently declared head of a diocese, its cathedral is the church of the Magdalena (XVI century). Getafe is also head of the University Carlos III, installed in an old military barracks, perfectly renewed for their new use. The monument built after the Spanish Civil War encloses a church within its base. ... Sabatini building in Leganes Campus Universidad Carlos III de Madrid is a public University built in Madrid, Spains municipalities Leganés,Colmenarejo and Getafe. ...

The town's football team, Getafe CF, plays in the La Liga (2006-2007). They play at the Coliseum Alfonso Perez (capacity 16,000). On the south eastern side of the city, some parts of the airframe of the Airbus A380 are built. Getafe is linked to Madrid by the bus lines 441,442,443,444,447,and 448 as well as two commuter trains lines (C-4 and C-5) and the new Metrosur with eight stations (Arroyo Culebro, Conservatorio, Alonso de Mendoza, Getafe Central, Juan de la Cierva, El Casar, Los Espartales and El Bercial). Look up Football in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Getafe Club de Futbol is a Spanish Primera División football club based in Getafe, a city in the metropolitan area of South Madrid, founded in 1946 and refounded in 1983. ... Liga de Fútbol Profesional (Professional Football League), commonly known as La Liga, is the professional football league in Spain. ... EColiseum Alfonso Perez is a multi-use stadium in Madrid, Spain. ... The Madrid Metro is the large metro system serving Madrid, the capital of Spain. ...

External links

• Getafe City Hall
• Getafe at Google Maps
• University Carlos III

Getafe main street (Calle Madrid)

Cerro de los Ángeles

University Carlos III.

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Coordinates: 40°18′N, 3°43′W Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...