Comarca de Alcalá is a historical comarca o Castile, locatit in wha is nou the east o the Commonty o Madrid, in Spain.
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| Kintra |  Spain |
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| Autonomous commonty | Commonty o Madrid |
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| Province | Madrid |
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| Caipital | Alcalá de Henares |
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- Ajalvir , Alalpardo , Alcalá de Henares , Algete , Ambite , Anchuelo , Arganda del Rey , Belvis de Jarama , Camarma de Esteruelas , Campo Real , Carabaña , Cobeña , Corpa , Coslada , Daganzo de Arriba , Fresno de Torote , Fuente el Saz de Jarama , Loeches , Los Hueros , Los Santos de la Humosa , Meco , Mejorada del Campo , Nuevo Baztán , Olmeda de las Fuentes , Orusco de Tajuña , Paracuellos de Jarama , Perales de Tajuña , Pezuela de las Torres , Pozuelo del Rey , Ribatejada , Rivas-Vaciamadrid , San Fernando de Henares , Santorcaz , Serracines , Tielmes , Torrejón de Ardoz , Torres de la Alameda , Valdeavero , Valdeolmos , Valdetorres de Jarama , Valdilecha , Valverde de Alcalá , Velilla de San Antonio , Villalbilla , Villar del Olmo
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| Area |
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| • Total | 1421.42 km2 (548.81 sq mi) |
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| Population |
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| • Total | 683,942 |
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| • Density | 480/km2 (1,200/sq mi) |
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| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
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| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
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| Lairgest municipality | Alcalá de Henares |
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Its heid or caipital ceety is Alcalá de Henares. Offeecially the Commonty o Madrid is no subdividit intae formal comarcas; housomeivver, informally some govrenmental institutions hae defined some shires accordin tae different views. The shire o Alcalá doesna figur in ony o these partitions. The territory is made up bi twa natural sub-shires, La Campiña and Alcarria de Alcalá.
Its name comes frae the Arabic القلعة (Al-Qal'at) whose means "the castle", referrin tae the first o the Muslim castles placit alang the banks o the Henares River.
