Madrid
Madrid | |
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Ceety | |
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Coordinates: 40°23′N 3°43′W / 40.383°N 3.717°WCoordinates: 40°23′N 3°43′W / 40.383°N 3.717°W | |
Kintra | Spain |
Region | Commonty o Madrid |
Foondit | IX Century[3] |
Govrenment | |
• Teep | Mayor-council |
• Bodi | Ayuntamiento de Madrid |
• Mayor | Ana Botella (PP) |
Area | |
• Ceety | 605.77 km2 (233.89 sq mi) |
Elevation | 667 m (2,188 ft) |
Population (2018)[6] | |
• Ceety | 3,223,334 |
• Density | 5,300/km2 (14,000/sq mi) |
• Urban | 6,345,000 (2019)[5] |
• Metro | 6,791,667 (2018)[4] |
Demonym(s) | Madrilenian, Madrilene madrileño, -ña; matritense gato, -a |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 28001–28080 |
Area code(s) | 34 (Spain) + 91 (Madrid) |
Patron Saints | Isidore the Laborer Virgin o Almudena |
Website | www.munimadrid.es |
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Madrid (pronoonced: “mah-DRID” or /məˈdrɪd/) is the caipital an mucklest ceety o Spain. The caipital uised tae be Valladolid till 1561.
Madrid is in the middle o Spain, in the Commonty o Madrid. This commonty is a muckle area whilk includes the ceety as weel as smaw touns an veelages ootwi the ceety. 7 million fowk stay in the commonty. Mair nor 3 million stay in the ceety itself. At 655 m (2,100 ft) abuin sea level, it is the heichest caipital o ony European kintra. It haes twa fitbaa teams cried Real Madrid an Atlético Madrid.
Madrid wis ruled bi the Romans frae the 2nt hunderyear. Efter 711AD, it wis ringit bi the Moors. Fae 1083, Catholic keengs ruled the aurie again. Bi the mid-16t hunderyear it haed acome the caipital o a vera muckle empire. Spain wis ruled bi monarchs frae the Hoose o Habsburg, then the Hoose o Bourbon. Efter the Spaingie Ceevil War, it wis ruled bi a dictator (Francisco Franco) til the mid-1970s whan it became a democracy.
As it is the caipital ceety, Madrid is whaur the monarch lives an whaur the govrenment meets an aw.
Madrid is the financial centre o Spain. Mony muckle businesses hae thair main offices thare.
Tho it is a modren ceety, a fair wheen o its history can be seen an felt as a bodie walks alang the streets an in the muckle squares o the ceety. Thare bonnie pairks, famous biggins, airt galleries an concert haws. The simmer months is vera het an the winter months is vera cauld.
Internaitional relations
[eedit | eedit soorce]Pairtner ceeties
[eedit | eedit soorce]Paris, Fraunce[7][8]
Roum, Italy[7]
Copenhagen, Denmark,[7]
Bangkok, Thailand
Beijing, Cheenae (since 1985)[7][9]
Berlin, Germany[7][10]
Brussels, Belgium[7]
Islamabad, Pakistan[7]
Bordeaux, Fraunce
Buenos Aires, Argentinae[7]
Lisbon, Portugal[7]
Rabat, Morocco[7]
Moscow, Roushie[7]
New York Ceety, US[7][11]
Lunnon, Unitit Kinrick[7]
Manila, Philippines
Nouakchott, Mauritanie[7]
Prague, Czech Republic[7]
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil[7]
Sarajevo, Bosnie an Herzegovinae[7]
Sofia, Bulgarie[7]
Tripoli, Libie[7]
Warsaw, Poland[7]
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ "Los fuegos que conmocionaron Madrid". 20minutos.es (in spanish). 6 September 2006. Retrieved 13 August 2008. More than one of
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- ↑ "La dominación árabe(Arab rule). The city of Mayrit, a fortress in its origin, was founded by the end of the IX century." (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 August 2011.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
- ↑ "Population on 1 January by age groups and sex - functional urban areas". Eurostat.
- ↑ "Demographia World Urban Areas" (PDF). Demographia. 2019.
- ↑ . Instituto Nacional de Estadística. Cite has empty unkent parameter:
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value (help). Ayuntamiento de Madrid. - ↑ "International Relations: Special Partners". Mairie De Paris. Archived frae the original on 8 Februar 2007. Retrieved 26 Januar 2011.
- ↑ "Sister Cities". Beijing Municipal Government. Archived frae the original on 17 Januar 2010. Retrieved 23 September 2008.
- ↑ "Berlin's international city relations". Berlin Mayor's Office. Archived frae the original on 22 August 2008. Retrieved 1 Julie 2009.
- ↑ "NYC's Sister Cities". Sister City Program of the City of New York. 2006. Archived frae the original on 21 Mey 2008. Retrieved 1 September 2008.
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