Comunidad de Madrid

Flag Coat of arms
Capital	Madrid
Official languages	Spanish
Area  – Total  – % of Spain	Ranked 12th  8,030.1 km²  1.6%
Population  – Total (2005)  – % of Spain  – Density	Ranked 3rd  6 081 689 (2007)  13.5%  757.36/km²
Demonym  – English  – Spanish	Madrilenian  Madrileño/a
Statute of Autonomy	March 1, 1983
Parliamentary representation  – Congress seats  – Senate seats	35  4 (elected) + 6 (appointed)
President	Esperanza Aguirre (PP)
ISO 3166-2	M
Comunidad de Madrid

The Community of Madrid (Spanish: Comunidad de Madrid) is one of the seventeen autonomous communities of Spain. It is located at the center of the country, the Iberian peninsula and the Meseta Central or Central Plain. The community is also coterminus with the province of Madrid and contains the capital of Spain, which is also the capital of the community. It is bounded to the south and east by Castile-La Mancha and to the north and west by Castile and León. It has an estimated population of 6 million (2007) mostly concentrated at the metropolitan area of Madrid.^[1] Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Community_of_Madrid. ... 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. ... Not to be confused with capitol. ... This article is about the Spanish capital. ... An official language is a language that is given a special legal status in the countries, states, and other territories. ... This article is about the physical quantity. ... 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 (U.S. spelling: square kilometer), symbol km², is a decimal multiple of SI unit of surface area square metre, one of the SI derived units. ... For other uses, see Density (disambiguation). ... Here is a list of the autonomous communities and autonomous cities of Spain in order of population (2005). ... A demonym or gentilic is a word that denotes the members of a people or the inhabitants of a place. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... is the 60th day of the year (61st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Jimi Hendrix song, see 1983. ... The Cortes Generales (Spanish for General Courts) is the legislature of Spain. ... Type Lower house Houses Congreso de los Diputados President Manuel Marín González, PSOE since 2004 Members 350 Political groups PSOE, PP, CiU, ERC, PNV, IU, Mixto Last elections 2004 Meeting place El Palacio del Congreso de los Diputados, Carrera de San Jerónimo, Madrid Web site www. ... Type Upper house Houses Senate President Francisco Javier Rojo García, PSOE PSE-EE since 2004 Members 259 Political groups PP, PSOE, ECP, PNV, CiU, CC, Mixto Last elections 2004 Meeting place Palacio del Senado, Plaza de la Marina Española, Madrid Web site www. ... 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 (March 3, 1952, Madrid), Spanish politician, is the President of the autonomous community of Madrid since 2003. ... The Peoples Party (Spanish: Partido Popular, PP) is the largest right-wing political party in Spain. ... This is a list of ISO 3166-2 codes for Spain. ... Autonomous communities of Spain. ... The Iberian Peninsula, or Iberia, is located in the extreme southwest of Europe, and includes modern day Spain, Portugal, Andorra and Gibraltar. ... Topographic map of Spain Spain is located in southwestern Europe and comprises about 84 percent of the Iberian Peninsula. ... In addition to its seventeen autonomous communities, Spain is divided into fifty provinces. ... This article is about the Spanish capital. ... Capital Toledo Official language(s) Spanish Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked 3rd  79,463 km²  15. ... Capital Valladolid Official language(s) Spanish/Castilian Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked  94,223 km²  18. ...

The creation of the contemporary Community of Madrid was preceded by an intense political debate during the "pre-autonomic" period; that is, the period of political debate that led to the institution of autonomous communities as the first-level political divisions of Spain consisted of provinces, a political division that had existed since the 19th century. Autonomous communities were to be created by one or more provinces with a distinct regional identity; since Madrid was part of the historic region of Castile, it was first planned that the province of Madrid would be part of future community of Castile-La Mancha, but with some special considerations as the country's seat of government.^[2] The integrating provinces of Castile-La Mancha opposed such a special status, and after considering other options—like its inclusion to the community of Castile and León or its constitution as an entity similar to a federal district^[2]—it was decided that the province of Madrid would become a single-province autonomous community by appealing to the 144th article of the constitution, whereby the Parliament can authorize the creation of an autonomous community, even if it did not satisfy the requirement of having a distinct historical identity, if it was the "national interest". Thus, in 1983, the Community of Madrid was constituted and a Statute of Autonomy was approved. Historical regions in Spain are those that are granted by the 1978 Constitution a special status as autonomous communities. ... A former kingdom in modern-day Spain, Castile (Spanish: Castilla; usually pronounced Cast-EEL in English) now compromises the regions of Old Castile in the north-west, and New Castile in the center of the country. ... Federal districts are subdivisions of a federal system of government. ... For the Jimi Hendrix song, see 1983. ... Nominally, a Statute of Autonomy is a law hierarchically located under the constitution of a country, and over any other form of legislation (including organic laws). ...

The town of Madrid (Spanish: Villa de Madrid), was designated as the capital of the community, as well as the capital of the country. Nonetheless, several proposals have been made to make other towns the capital of the community, like Alcalá de Henares, in the 1980s, and more recently, Getafe.^[3] This article is about the Spanish capital. ... Location Location of Alcalá Coordinates : 40º28’N , 3º22’W Time Zone : CET (GMT +1) - summer: CEST (GMT +2) General information Native name Alcalá de Henares (Spanish) Spanish name Alcalá de Henares Founded Preromanian Postal code 28. ... 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 (Madrid) Website http://www. ...

History

Pre-History and the Visigothic Kingdom

Old vase of Ciempozuelos, exhibited at the National Archaeological Museum of Madrid

The territory of the Community of Madrid has been populated since the Lower Paleolithic, mainly in the valleys between the rivers of Manzanares, Jarama and Henares, where several archaeological findings have been made. Some notable discoveries of the region the bell-shaped vase of Ciempozuelos (between 1970 and 1470 BCE).^[4] During the Roman Empire, the region was part of the Citerior Tarraconese province, except for the south-west portion of it, which belonged to Lusitania. It was crossed by two important Roman roads, the via xxiv-xxix (joining Astorga to laminium and via xxv (which joined Emerita Augusta and Caesaraugusta), and contained some important conurbations. The city of Complutum (today Alcalá de Henares) became an important metropolis, whereas Titulcia and Miaccum were important crossroad communities. The Lower Paleolithic (or Lower Palaeolithic) is the earliest subdivision of the Paleolithic or Old Stone Age. ... The Manzanares is a river in central Spain which passes through the countrys capital, Madrid. ... Jarama River in Titulcia Jarama is a river in central Spain. ... For other uses, see Roman Empire (disambiguation). ... In red is the province of Lusitania within the Roman Empire, 120 AD Lusitania was an ancient Roman province approximately including current Portugal, except for the area between the rivers Douro and Minho (part of Hispania Tarraconensis), and part of modern day western Spain, the present autonomous communities of Extremadura... Episcopal Palace of Astorga Astorga (Latin Asturica Augusta) is a city in the province of León, Spain. ... Roman Theater Mérida is the capital of the autonomous community of Extremadura, Spain. ... For alternative meanings, see Zaragoza (disambiguation). ... Alcalá de Henares is a Spanish city. ... Location Location of Alcalá Coordinates : 40º28’N , 3º22’W Time Zone : CET (GMT +1) - summer: CEST (GMT +2) General information Native name Alcalá de Henares (Spanish) Spanish name Alcalá de Henares Founded Preromanian Postal code 28. ...

During the period of the Visigothic Kingdom, the region lost its importance. The population was scattered amongst several small towns. Alcalá de Henares was designated the bishopric seat in the 5th century, bu orders of Asturio, archbishop of Toledo, but this event was not enough to bring back the lost splendor of the city. The Visigothic Kingdom was an European power in the 5e en de 7e censury, created yn Gaul by the German people of the Visigoths when the Romains lost their control of their empire. ... The façade of Toledo cathedral Toledo is a city located in central Spain, the capital of the province of Toledo and of the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha. ...

Al-Andalus

The center of the peninsula was one of the least-populated regions of the Al-Andalus, until the 11th century, where it became important and a strategic military post. The Muslim governors created a defensive system of fortresses and towers all across the region with which they tried to stop the advance of the Christian Kingdoms of the north. Al-Andalus is the Arabic name given the Iberian Peninsula by its Muslim conquerors; it refers to both the Caliphate proper and the general period of Muslim rule (711–1492). ...

The fortress of Mayrit (Madrid) was built somewhere between 860 and 880 AD, as a walled precinct where a military and religious community lived, and which constituted the foundation of the city. It soon became the most strategic fortress in defense of the city of Toledo, above the fortresses of Talamanca de Jarama and Qal'-at'-Abd-Al-Salam (Alcalá de Henares). In 1083, king Alfonso IV of Castile conquered the city of Madrid, and two years later, the conquered Toledo. Alcalá de Henares fell in 1118, in a new period of Castilian annexation.

Christian repopulation

The Castle of Manzanares

The recently conquered lands by the Christian Kingdoms were desegregated into several constituencies, as a consequence of a long process of repopulation that took place over the course of four centuries. The feudal and ecclesiastical lords came into constant conflict with the different councils that had been granted the authority to repopulate.

In the 13th century, Madrid was the only city of the region that preserved its own juridical personality, at first with the Old Fuero (Charter) and later with the Royal Fuero, granted by Alfonso X of Castile in 1262 and ratified by Alfonso XI in 1339. On the other hand, the town of Buitrago de Lozoya, Alcalá de Henares and Talamanca de Jarama, which were rapidly repopulated until that century, were under the dominion of the feudal or ecclesiastical lords. Specifically, Alcalá de Henares was under the hands of the archbishopric of Toledo, and remained so until the 19th century. Fuero (Spanish) is a Spanish legal term and concept. ... Alfonso X and his court. ... Alfonso XI of Castile (August 13, 1312 – March 26/27, 1350) was the king of Castile and León, the son of Ferdinand IV of Castile and his wife Constance of Portugal. ...

Around the town of Madrid, an administrative territory was created known as Tiera de Madrid (Land of Madrid), the origin of the province that included the areas of the current municipalities of San Sebastián de los Reyes, Corbeña, Las Rozas de Madrid, Rivas-Vaciamadrid, Torrejón de Velasco, Alcorcón, San Fernando de Henares and Griñón. This council was in constant strife with Segovia—which was one of the most influent cities of Castile—as they both fought for the control of Real de Manzanares, a large comarca (shire) that was finally given to the House of Mendoza. This is a list of the comarques (singular comarca) of Catalonia. ...

Madrid made capital

Map of the Province of Madrid

The Castilian monarchs showed a predilection for the center of the peninsula, noted by the abundant forests and hunting game. El Pardo was a region visited frequently by the kings, since the times of Henry III, in the 14th century. The Catholic Kings started the construction of the Real de Aranjuez Palace. In the 16th century, San Lorenzo de El Escorial was built and became another royal site of the province. The Catholic monarchs (Spanish: Reyes Católicos) is the collective title used in history for Queen Isabella I of Castile and King Ferdinand II of Aragon. ... 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...

The town of Madrid, which was one of the eighteen cities with the right to vote in the Courts of Castile, was seat of the Courts themselves on several occasions, and was the residence of several monarchs, amongst them the emperor Charles I who reformed and expanded the Alcázar or Castle of the city. Besides its growing political importance, it also became a cultural center, with the foundation of the University of Alcalá de Henares on 1508. Charles (February 24, 1500 – September 21, 1558) was Holy Roman Emperor (as Charles V) from 1519-1558; he was also King of Spain from 1516_1556, officially as Charles I of Spain, although often referred to as Charles V (Carlos Quinto or Carlos V) in Spain and Latin America. ...

In 1561, king Phillip II made Madrid the capital of the empire. As such, the surrounding territories of the town of Madrid became economically subordinated to the town itself, even beyond the current limits of the Community of Madrid. Nonetheless it was not a unified administrative entity, since several jurisdiction of lords and churches existed, some of them controlling vast territories. Philip II of Spain (1527 – September 13, 1598), King of Spain (r. ...

During the 18th century, the fragmented administrative situation of the region was not solved, despite the several attempts. During the reign of Phillip V the intendencia was created as a policial and administrative division. Nonetheless, the intendencia of Madrid did not full solve the problem, and the region was still fragmented into several small dominions, even though some processes were centralized. This territorial dispersion had a negative effect on its economic growth: while the town of Madrid received economic resources from the entire country as the capital, the surrounding territories—in hands of noblemen or the clergy—became impoverished. King Philip V of Spain (December 19, 1683 – July 9, 1746) or Philippe of Anjou, grandson of the French monarch Louis XIV, was king of Spain from 1700 to 1746, the first of the Bourbon dynasty in Spain. ...

During the eighteenth century, the town of Madrid was transformed through several grandiose buildings and monuments, as well as through the creation of many social, economical and cultural institution, some of which are still operating. Madrid grew to a population of 156.672 inhabitants by the end of the eighteenth century.

Map of the province of Madrid, published in 1868

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Province and autonomous community

In 1833, a new administrative division of the country was set in place, and the province of Madrid was created. The province belonged to the region of New Castile (today Castile-La Mancha), a region that, just like the rest, had only the purpose of classification, since regions were not autonomous political-administrative divisions. New Castile (Spanish: Castilla la Nueva) was the southern part of the Kingdom of Castile in central Spain, taken during the reconquista of the peninsula by Christian kings from Muslim rulers. ... Capital Toledo Official language(s) Spanish Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked 3rd  79,463 km²  15. ...

In the 20th century, during the process that preceded the creation of the autonomous communities of Spain, a fear of a political inequality amongst the proposed constituent provinces of the community of Castile-La Mancha, led to the creation of the autonomous Community of Madrid, which was the last autonomous community of Spain created. Capital Toledo Official language(s) Spanish Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked 3rd  79,463 km²  15. ...

Geography

Peñalara: The Sierra de Guadarrama's highest peak.

Despite the existence of a large city of 5 million people, the Community of Madrid still retains some remarkably unspoiled and diverse habitats and landscapes. Madrid is home to mountain peaks rising above 2,000m, holm oak dehesas and low lying plains. The slopes of Guadarrama are cloaked in dense forests of Scots Pine and Pyrenean oak. The Lozoya Valley supports a large black (monk) vulture colony, and one of the last bastions of the Spanish Imperial Eagle in the world is found in the Park Regional del Suroeste in dehesa hills between the Gredos and Guadarrama ranges. The recent possible detection of the existence of Iberian lynx in the area between the Cofio and Alberche rivers is testament to the biodiversity of the area. When looking at a map of the Province of Madrid, it can be seen that it is almost an equilateral triangle, in whose center would be the city. It seems that Madrid's geographic limits turn out to be those of nature: on the western side the "Sistema Central" (the Sierra de Guadarrama mountains), the south represents the desire to include (the Royal Site of) Aranjuez and finally the eastern edge of the triangle comes from the rupture of the fluvial river basins. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (1280 × 960 pixel, file size: 348 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Madrid Sierra de... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (1280 × 960 pixel, file size: 348 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Madrid Sierra de... Peñalara and its reflection in a glacier lake. ... Satellite Map of the Sierra de Guadarrama. ... Binomial name Quercus ilex L. The Holm Oak (Quercus ilex), also called Holly Oak or Evergreen Oak, is a large evergreen oak native to the Mediterranean region. ... Guadarrama is a town in the Community of Madrid in Spain. ... Binomial name L. Distribution The Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris L.; family Pinaceae) is a species of pine native to Europe and Asia, ranging from Great Britain and Spain east to eastern Siberia, south to the Caucasus Mountains, and as far north as Lapland. ... Species See List of Quercus species The term oak can be used as part of the common name of any of several hundred species of trees and shrubs in the genus Quercus (from Latin oak tree), which are listed in the List of Quercus species, and some related genera, notably... Binomial name Aegypius monachus (Linnaeus, 1766) The Eurasian Black Vulture (Aegypius monachus) is also known as the Monk Vulture, the Cinereous Vulture, or just the Black Vulture. ... Binomial name Aquila adalberti C. L. Brehm, 1861 The Spanish Imperial Eagle or Adalberts Eagle (Aquila adalberti) is closely related to the Eastern Imperial Eagle (Aquila heliaca). ... This article includes a list of works cited or a list of external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... Capital Madrid Official language(s) Spanish Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked 12th  8,030. ... Map of the major geographic features of the Iberian Peninsula. ... Satellite Map of the Sierra de Guadarrama. ... 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. ...

Province of Madrid occupies a surface area of approximately 8,028 km² (1.6% of all Spanish territory). Being more specific the exact position of Madrid is 3º 40´ of longitude west of Greenwich, England and 40º 23´ north of the equator. Capital Madrid Official language(s) Spanish Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked 12th  8,030. ... This article is about Greenwich in England. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ...

Practically all of the Province is located between 600 and 1,000 m above sea level, with the highest point being Peñalara at 2,430 m and the lowest Alberche river in Villa del Prado at 430m. Other considerable heights, as well as being famous, are the Ball of the World mountain (la Bola del Mundo), in Navacerrada, at a height of 2,258m and the seven peaks, in Cercedilla, at 2,138m. Peñalara and its reflection in a glacier lake. ...

Climate

The region of Madrid has a temperate Mediterranean climate with cold winters with temperatures that sometimes drop below 0 °C (32 °F). There are about 2 to 3 snowfalls each year. Summer tends to be hot with temperatures that consistently surpass 30 °C (86 °F) in July and that can often reach 40 °C (104 °F). Due to Madrid's high altitude and dry climate, nightly temperatures tend to be cooler, leading to a lower average in the summer months. These extremes give rise to the saying Nueve meses de invierno, tres meses de infierno (nine months of winter, three months of hell). Precipitation levels are low, but precipitation can be observed all throughout the year. Summer and winter are the driest seasons, with most rainfall occurring in the autumn and spring.^[5]  Areas with Mediterranean climate A Mediterranean climate is a climate that resembles the climate of the lands in the Mediterranean Basin. ... The degree Celsius (°C) is a unit of temperature named after the Swedish astronomer Anders Celsius (1701–1744), who first proposed a similar system in 1742. ... Fahrenheit is a temperature scale named after the German physicist Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686–1736), who proposed it in 1724. ...

Madrid climate chart (Retiro)

Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (974x604, 44 KB) Clima de Madrid (Parque del Retiro), España. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (974x604, 44 KB) Clima de Madrid (Parque del Retiro), España. ... Monument to Alfonso XII Palacio de Cristal The statue of Fallen Angel The Parque del Buen Retiro named by Madrids king (Park of the Pleasant Retreat) is a large and popular, 1. ...

Politics and government

Madrid Assembly

Institutions of government

Main article: Madrid Assembly

See also: President of Madrid

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The citizens of the Autonomous Communities of Spain don't elect a person for presidency of their community: they elect the regional legislature, and that legislature elects the President: the executive power emanates from the people through the legislative power, instead of coming directly from the people. This system usually assures the government more stability because a candidate needs a majority (that is supposed to be loyal to him/her during the whole term) to be elected, but has a significant drawback: a party can win the election (be the top-voted party) but might not be entitled to form the government (have a majority). This situation, though infrequent in general elections, often happens in local/regional legislatures throughout Spain Autonomous communities of Spain. ... The word Presidency is often used to describe the collective administrative and governmental entity that exists around an office of president of a state or nation. ... A legislatureis a type of representative deliberative assembly with the power to ratify laws. ... Under the doctrine of the separation of powers, the executive is the branch of a government charged with implementing, or executing, the law. ... A legislature is a governmental deliberative body with the power to adopt laws. ... A majority is a subset of a group that is more than half of the entire group. ...

The Statute of Autonomy of the Community of Madrid is the fundamental organic law, in conjunction with the Spanish constitution. The Statute of Autonomy establishes that the government of the community is exercised through three institutions: Nominally, a Statute of Autonomy is a law hierarchically located under the constitution of a country, and over any other form of legislation (including organic laws). ... Constitution of Spain - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ...

• The Madrid Assembly^[6] represents the people of Madrid and exercises the legislative power of the community in approving and supervising the budget and in coordinating and controlling the actions of the Government. The seat of the Assembly is the borough of Vallecas. The Assembly is integrated by 120 deputies, elected through proportional representation with closed-party lists.
• The Government of Madrid is the collegiate institution that heads the politics and the executive and adminsitrative powers of the community. It comprises the President, two Vice-presidents and thirteen counselors.^[7]
• The President of Madrid is the supreme representative of the community and the ordinary representation of the State. It presides and heads the activities of the Government of Madrid, designates and dismisses the vice-presidents and the counselors which conform an executive cabinet. The president is elected by the Assembly, and is usually the leader of the party or coalition with the absolute majority of seats in the Assembly. The seat of the Presidency is the Real Casa de Correos palace, located at the Plaza of the Puerta del Sol at the center of Madrid.^[8] Currently, and since 2003, the Community of Madrid is the only autonomous community of Spain with a female president heading the Government, Esperanza Aguirre Gil de Biedma.

A legislature is a governmental deliberative body with the power to adopt laws. ... Vallecas is a neighborhood of Madrid composed of two districts: Puente de Vallecas (population 240,917) and Villa de Vallecas (population 65,162). ... Proportional representation (sometimes referred to as full representation, or PR), is a category of electoral formula aiming at a close match between the percentage of votes that groups of candidates (grouped by a certain measure) obtain in elections and the percentage of seats they receive (usually in legislative assemblies). ... Under the doctrine of the separation of powers, the executive is the branch of a government charged with implementing, or executing, the law. ... This article is about the Spanish capital. ... Esperanza Aguirre Gil de Biedma, Spanish politician, is the President of the autonomous community of Madrid. ...

Elections

The Community of Madrid follows the normal electoral calendar set for all autonomous communities—with the exception of the four original communities that are "historic nationalities or regions", which have the faculty of calling elections at any time, namely Catalonia, the Basque Country, Galicia and Andalusia. The only exception to this occurred in May 2003, in which due the absentee vote of two socialist deputies, there was no legal possibility to forming a government.^[9] Therefore, new elections were held in October 2003, outside the established electoral calendar. This article is about the Spanish Autonomous Community. ... Pays Basque) see Northern Basque Country. ... There are two well-known places called Galicia: Galicia, one of Spains autonomous communities. ... For other uses, see Andalusia (disambiguation). ...

Economics

The Community of Madrid is the autonomous community with the highest income per capita in Spain, at €28,850 in 2006, 30.2% above the national average, ahead of the Basque Country (28.346), Navarra (27.861) and Catalonia (26.124).^[10] In 2005, the Community of Madrid was the main receptor of foreign investment in the country, at 34.3% of the total. In spite of that, the community ranks 34th amongst all European regions (evaluated in 2002), and 50th amongst the most competitive cities-regions in the planet.^[11] Nonetheless, it is still ahead of Barcelona and Valencia, the other two largest metropolitan areas of Spain. The strengths of the economy of the community are its low unemployment rate, its high investment in research, its relatively high development and the added-value services therein performed. Its weakness include the low penetration of broadband and new technologies of information, and an unequal male to female occupation.^[12] Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Pays Basque) see Northern Basque Country. ... Navarra is the Spanish name for Navarre (Basque: Nafarroa), an ancient kingdom in the Pyrenees, and now a province and an autonomous community in Spain. ... This article is about the Spanish Autonomous Community. ... Investment is a term with several closely-related meanings in finance and economics. ... Location Coordinates : Time Zone : CET (GMT +1) - summer: CEST (GMT +2) General information Native name Barcelona (Catalan) Spanish name Barcelona Nickname Ciutat Comtal (City of Counts) Postal code 08001–08080 Area code 34 (Spain) + 93 (Barcelona) Website http://www. ... Valencia is the name of several places: In Spain: Valencia, Spain, capital of the Valencia Autonomous Community Valencia (autonomous community) Valencia (province), in the Valencia Autonomous Community The Kingdom of Valencia, which existed from 1237 to 1707 Valencia de Alcántara, a town in the province of Cáceres In... A metropolitan area is a large population center consisting of a large city and its adjacent zone of influence, or of several neighboring cities or towns and adjoining areas, with one or more large cities serving as its hub or hubs. ...

The service, construction and industry sectors are prominent in Madrid’s commercial productive structure. According to the Directorio Central de Empresas (Central Companies Directory of the INE), Madrid’s active businesses stand in third place nationally in terms of numbers as at 1 January 2006. The branches of activity with most active businesses are: other business activities; retail trade; construction; wholesale trade; hospitality; property activities; land transport, pipeline transport. Madrid’s levels of industry set it at fourth place in Spain. The following areas predominate in terms of business numbers: publishing and graphic arts; manufacture of metal products except machinery and equipment; manufacture of furniture and other manufacturing industries; wearing apparel and fur industry; food product industry. The province also boasts a higher concentration of high and medium technology activities and services than the rest of Spain. This is the case in the following areas: manufacture of office machinery and IT equipment; manufacture of electronic products, manufacture of radio equipment and devices, manufacture of medical and surgical, precision, optical and timekeeping equipment and instruments; post and telecommunications; IT activities; research and development.^[13]

Demographics

The Community of Madrid is the third most populated in Spain, after Andalusia and Catalonia, and the first most populated province, with 6.081.689 inhabitants. Population density is 758.14 hab/km², superior to the national average of 89.57 hab/km². Population density varies with the community itself; the municipality of Madrid has a density of 5,160.57 hab/km², whereas the Sierra Norte has a population density of less than 9.9 hab/km². The great majority of the population lives in the capital and its metropolitan area, which is the most populated and most important in Spain. For other uses, see Andalusia (disambiguation). ... This article is about the Spanish Autonomous Community. ... This article is about the Spanish capital. ...

Madrid, meanwhile, is also the province of Spain with the greatest population density. Its inhabitants are mainly concentrated in the capital (which is the Spanish city with the highest resident population), and in a series of municipalities (Mostoles, Alcalá de Henares, Fuenlabrada, Leganés, Alcorcón, Getafe, Torrejón de Ardoz and Alcobendas), as opposed to in rural areas with low population density. Its citizens have diverse origins, and Madrid is the province with the highest number of residents born outside its territory and with the largest foreign population (13.32%). It is a focus of attraction for those migrating for reasons of employment. Population growth in Madrid is mainly due to the arrival of foreigners.^[14] Móstoles is a city belonging to the metropolitan area of Madrid, Spain. ... Location Location of Alcalá Coordinates : 40º28’N , 3º22’W Time Zone : CET (GMT +1) - summer: CEST (GMT +2) General information Native name Alcalá de Henares (Spanish) Spanish name Alcalá de Henares Founded Preromanian Postal code 28. ... Fuenlabrada is a city that is part of the Madrid metropolitan area in Spain. ... Leganés streets Leganés is a town in central Spain. ... Alcorcón is a city of the metropolitan area of Madrid which as of the first of January 2004 had a population of 156,592. ... 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 (Madrid) Website http://www. ... Town belonging to the urban area of Madrid In Spain. ... Alcobendas city of the Comunidad de Madrid (Spain). ...

Education

Main article: Education in Spain

State Education in Spain is free and compulsory from 6 to 16 years. The current education system is called LOGSE (Ley de Ordenación General del Sistema Educativo).^[15] This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Levels

• From 3 to 6 years - Educación Infantil (Preparatory School)
• From 6 to 12 years - Educación Primaria (Primary School) Years, 1º, 2º, 3º, 4º, 5º and 6º
• From 12 to 16 years - Educación Secundaria Obligatoria (Compulsory Secondary School) Years, 1º, 2º, 3º, 4º
• From 16 to 17 years - Bachillerato (Post-Compulsory School), years 1º, 2º

Children from 3 to 5 years old in Spain have the option of attending the infantil (popularly known as prescolar) or Pre-school stage, which is non-compulsory and free for all students. It is regarded as an integral part of the education system with infantil classes in almost every primary school. There are some separate Colegios Infantiles or nursery schools. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Day care. ...

Spanish students aged 6 to 16 undergo primary (Colegio) and secondary school (Instituto) education, which are compulsory and free of charge. Successful students are awarded a Secondary Education Certificate, which is necessary for entering further (optional) education as is Bachillerato for their University or Formacion Professional (Vocational Studies). Once students have finished their Bachillerato, they can take their University Entrance Exam (Pruebas de Acceso a la Universidad, popularly called Selectividad) which differs greatly from region to region. A primary school in Český Těšín, Czech Republic. ... Secondary school is a term used to describe an institution where the final stage of compulsory schooling, known as secondary education, takes place. ...

The secondary stage of education is normally referred to by their initials, eg. ESO or Educación Secundaria Obligatoria for secondary education.

Universities

Madrid is home to a large number of public and private universities. Some of them are among the oldest in the world.

Original building, Alcalá de Henares: The Complutense University was based here until 1836

The Complutense University of Madrid is one of the most prestigious, and the largest, university in Spain and one of the oldest universities in the world. It has 10,000 staff members and a student population of 117,000. Nearly all academic staff are Spanish. It is located on two campuses, in the university quarter Ciudad Universitaria at Moncloa in Madrid, and in Somosaguas.^[16] The Complutense University of Madrid was founded in Alcala de Henares, old Complutum, by Cardinal Cisneros in 1499. Nevertherless, its real origin dates back from 1293, when King Sancho IV of Castile built the General Schools of Alcalá, which would give rise to Cisnero's Complutense University. During the course of 1509-1510 five schools were already operative: Artes y Filosofía (Arts & Philosophy), Teología (Theology), Derecho Canónico (Canonical Laws), Letras (Liberal Arts) and Medicina (Medicine). In 1836, during the reign of Isabel II, the University was moved to Madrid, where it took the name of Central University and was located at San Bernardo Street. Subsequently, in 1927, a new university area was planned to be built in the district of Moncloa-Aravaca, in lands handed over by the King Alfonso XIII to this purpose. The Spanish Civil War turned the "Ciudad Universitaria" into a war zone, causing the destruction of several schools in the area, as well as the loss of part of its rich scientific, artistic and bibliographic heritage. In 1970 the Government reformed the High Education, and the Central University became the Complutense University of Madrid. It was then when the new campus at Somosaguas was created in order to house the new School of Social Sciences. The old Alcala campus was reopened as the independent University of Alcalá in 1977.^[17] Image File history File links Universidad_de_Alcala. ... Image File history File links Universidad_de_Alcala. ... UCM redirects here. ... Alcal de Henares is a Spanish city. ... Francisco Jimenez de Cisneros (1436 - November 8, 1517) was a Spanish cardinal and statesman. ... Isabella II (October 10, 1830 – April 10, 1904), Isabel II in Spanish, was queen of Spain. ... Alfonso XIII of Spain (May 17, 1886 - February 28, 1941), King of Spain, posthumous son of Alfonso XII of Spain, was proclaimed King at his birth. ... Not to be confused with the Spanish Civil War of 1820-1823. ... The plateresque facade of the university. ...

Another important university is the Autonoma, perhaps Spain's best university for research along with Complutense, was instituted under the leadership of the famous physicist, Nicolás Cabrera. The Autonoma is widely recognised for its research strengths in theoretical physics. Known simply as la Autónoma in Madrid, its main site is the Cantoblanco Campus, situated 15 kilometers to the north of the capital (M-607) and close to the municipal areas of Madrid, namely Alcobendas, San Sebastián de los Reyes, Tres Cantos and Colmenar Viejo. Located on the main site are the Rectorate building and the Faculties of Science, Philosophy and Fine Arts, Law, Economic Science and Business Studies, Psychology, Higher School of Computing Science and Engineering, and the Faculty of Teacher Training and Education. The Medical School is sited outside the main site and beside the Hospital Universitario La Paz.^[18] The Autonomous University of Madrid (Spanish: Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, UAM) came into being in 1968 when it had 5 main departments: Science; Political Science; Economics; Law; and Philosophy. ... Nicolás Cabrera (1913-1989), was Spanish scientist who did important work on the theories of crystal growth (specifically the Burton-Cabrera-Frank theory) and the oxidisation of metals. ... Alcobendas city of the Comunidad de Madrid (Spain). ... San Sebastián de los Reyes (usually called Sanse) is a city of the Comunidad de Madrid (Spain). ... Tres Cantos is a township and municipality located in the autonomous community of Madrid, Spain, some 22 km north of the capital city, Madrid. ... Colmenar Viejo is a town of about 40,000 inhabitants, located in the autonomous community of Madrid, Spain, 30 kilometers north of Madrid by highspeed road M-607. ...

Other local universities, among many others, are the Technical University of Madrid, as the result of merging the different Technical Schools of Engineering; the Universidad de Alcalá de Henares, founded in 1499; the Carlos III, whose philosophy is to create responsible free-thinking people with a sensitivity to social problems and an involvement in the concept of progress based on freedom, justice and tolerance and the Universidad Pontificia Comillas, involved in a number of academic exchange programmes, work practice schemes and international projects with over 200 Higher Education Institutions in Europe, Latin America, North America and Asia. The Technical University of Madrid (Spanish: , UPM), is a Spanish university, located in Madrid. ... The University of Alcalá de Henares (Spanish: Universidad de Alcalá de Henares) is an institute of higher learning located in the city of Alcalá de Henares, to the east of Madrid in Spain. ... Sabatini building in Leganes Campus Universidad Carlos III de Madrid is a public University built in Madrid, Spains municipalities Leganés,Colmenarejo and Getafe. ... The Comillas Pontifical University (Spanish: Universidad Pontificia Comillas) is one of the most distinguished academic institutions in Spain. ...

Other universities in Madrid: Rey Juan Carlos University (public), Universidad Alfonso X, Universidad Antonio de Nebrija, Universidad Camilo José Cela, Universidad Francisco de Vitoria, Universidad Europea de Madrid and Universidad San Pablo (all of them private). The Rey Juan Carlos University (Spanish: , URJC) is a public university located in Madrid (Spain), whose name refers to king Juan Carlos I of Spain. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ...

Madrid is also home to the Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía, the Real Conservatorio Superior de Música de Madrid and many other private educational institutions. The Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía (The Reina Sofía School of Music) is a music college founded in Madrid in 1991 by Paloma OShea. ... Madrid Conservatory (in Spanish: Real Conservatorio Superior de Música de Madrid) is a music school in Madrid, Spain. ...

Transports

Air

Main article: Barajas International Airport

Barajas Airport

Madrid is served by Barajas International Airport. Barajas is the main hub of Iberia Airlines. It consequently serves as the main gateway to the Iberian peninsula from Europe, America and the rest of the world. Current passenger volumes range upwards of 52 million passengers per year, putting it in the top 10 busiest airports in the world.^[19] Given annual increases close to 10%, a new fourth terminal has been constructed. It has significantly reduced delays and doubled the capacity of the airport to more than 70 million passengers per year. Two additional runways have also been constructed, making Barajas a fully operational four-runway airport. Barajas International Airport, located in Madrid, is Spains most important international and domestic getaway center. ... Barajas International Airport, located in Madrid, is Spains most important international and domestic getaway center. ... An airline hub is an airport that an airline uses as a transfer point to get passengers to their intended destination. ... Airbus A319-100 McDonnell Douglas MD-88 Iberia Airlines or Iberia, full name Iberia Airlines of Spain (Spanish: ), (IBEX-35:IBLA) is the largest airline of Spain, based in Madrid and is the Spanish flag carrier. ... Worlds busiest airport is a claim that is fiercely fought over by the owners of the worlds largest airports. ...

Commuter rail

Main article: Cercanías Madrid

Cercanías Madrid is the commuter rail service that serves Madrid, the capital of Spain, and its metropolitan area. It is operated by Cercanías Renfe, the commuter rail division of RENFE, the former monopoly of rail services in Spain. The system is infamous for being the target of the 11 March 2004 Madrid train bombings. The attacks triggered a small reduction in the ridership of the system but it is still the most used and most profitable[1] (by 2004) of the commuter rail services in Spain. The total length spans 339.1 km. Cercanías Madrid is the commuter rail service who serves Madrid, the capital of Spain, and its metropolitan area. ... A Connex commuter train stands by the platform in Melbourne, Australia Regional rail systems, or commuter rail systems, usually provide a rail service through a central business district area into suburbs or other locations that draw large numbers of people on a daily basis. ... This article is about the Spanish capital. ... RENFE is Spains national railway operator. ... The 2004 Madrid train bombings (also known as 11-M, 3/11, 11/3 and M-11) were a series of coordinated bombings against the commuter train system of Madrid, Spain on the morning of 11 March 2004, which killed 191 people and wounded over 1700. ...

Spain's railway system, the Red Nacional de Ferrocarriles Españoles (Renfe) operates the vast majority of Spain's railways. In Madrid, the main rail terminals are Atocha in the south and Chamartín in the north. RENFE is Spains national railway operator. ... Interior plaza in old Atocha station Exterior of old Atocha station For other uses, see Atocha (disambiguation). ... Chamartín is an administrative district of Madrid, Spain and consists of the following neighborhoods: El Viso, Prosperidad, Ciudad Jardín, Hispanoamérica, Nueva España, and Pza. ...

The crown jewel of Spain's next decade of infrastructure construction is the Spanish high speed rail network, Alta Velocidad Española AVE. Currently, an ambitious plan includes the construction of a 7,000 kilometre (4,350 mi) network, centered on Madrid. The overall goal is to have all important provincial cities be no more than 4 hours away from Madrid, and no more than 6 hours away from Barcelona. As of 2008, AVE high-speed trains link Atocha station to Seville, Málaga and Toledo in the south and to Zaragoza, Tarragona and Barcelona in the east. AVE trains also arrive to Segovia and Valladolid. For other uses, see AVE (disambiguation). ... “Miles” redirects here. ... Location Coordinates : Time Zone : CET (GMT +1) - summer: CEST (GMT +2) General information Native name Barcelona (Catalan) Spanish name Barcelona Nickname Ciutat Comtal (City of Counts) Postal code 08001–08080 Area code 34 (Spain) + 93 (Barcelona) Website http://www. ... For other uses, see AVE (disambiguation). ... TGV Réseau class, Marseille St-Charles station This page is about high speed rail in general. ... For other uses, see Seville (disambiguation). ... Location of Málaga Government  - Mayor Francisco de la Torre Prados Area  - Total 385. ... For other uses, see Toledo (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Zaragoza (disambiguation). ... Tarragona (IPA: in Catalan) is a city located in the south of Catalonia, northeastern Spain, by the Mediterranean Sea. ... Location Coordinates : Time Zone : CET (GMT +1) - summer: CEST (GMT +2) General information Native name Barcelona (Catalan) Spanish name Barcelona Nickname Ciutat Comtal (City of Counts) Postal code 08001–08080 Area code 34 (Spain) + 93 (Barcelona) Website http://www. ... For other uses, see AVE (disambiguation). ... The factual accuracy of part of this article is disputed. ... For the city in Mexico, see Valladolid, Yucatán. ...

Metro

Main article: Madrid metro

Madrid's metro map

A modern metro train (type 8000).

Serving the city's population of some six million, the Madrid Metro is one of the most extensive and fastest-growing metro networks in the world.^[20] With the addition of a loop serving suburbs to Madrid's south-west "Metrosur", it is now the second largest metro system in Western Europe, second only to London's Underground. In 2007 Madrid's metro system was expanded and it currently runs over 322 kilometers (200 miles) of line. The province of Madrid is also served by an extensive commuter rail network called Cercanías. The Madrid Metro is the large metro subway system serving the city of Madrid. ... Image File history File links Red_de_metro_de_Madrid. ... Image File history File links Red_de_metro_de_Madrid. ... The Madrid Metro is the large metro subway system serving the city of Madrid. ... A modern metro train (type 8000) on line 8 (at Colombia station) of Madrid Metro, July 2002. ... A modern metro train (type 8000) on line 8 (at Colombia station) of Madrid Metro, July 2002. ... The Madrid Metro is the large metro subway system serving the city of Madrid. ... A rapid transit, underground, subway, tube, elevated, or metro(politan) system is a railway — usually in an urban area — with a high capacity and frequency of service, and grade separation from other traffic. ... A current understanding of Western Europe. ... The London Underground is a rapid transit system that serves a large part of Greater London and some neighbouring areas of Essex, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire. ... A Connex commuter train stands by the platform in Melbourne, Australia Regional rail systems, or commuter rail systems, usually provide a rail service through a central business district area into suburbs or other locations that draw large numbers of people on a daily basis. ... Cercanías are commuter train networks that cover major metropolitan areas in Spain. ...

References

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External links

• Madrid Autonomous Community
• Madrid Leisure Guide
• Madrid Metro Network
• Madrid Barajas International Airport
• A guide to the natural history of Madrid

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Capital Palma de Mallorca Official language(s) Spanish and Catalan Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked 17th  4,992 km²  1. ... Barcelona is a province of eastern Spain, in the center of the autonomous community of Catalonia. ... For other uses, see Biscay (disambiguation). ... 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. ... For the Mesozoic island Cantabria, see Cantabria (Mesozoic island). ... Castellón province. ... 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