Madrid

Madrid
Madrid
	Ceety
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	Banner o Madrid Banner Coat airms
	Motto(s): [«Fui sobre agua edificada,; mis muros de fuego son.; Esta es mi insignia y blasón»] error: {{lang}}: text has italic markup (help); ("On watter I wis biggit,; my wa's is made o fire.; This is my enenyie an escutcheon")
	Madrid Location o Madrid athin Spain
	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
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)
• Ceety	3,223,334
• Density	5,300/km2 (14,000/sq mi)
• Urban	6,345,000 (2019)
• Metro	6,791,667 (2018)
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

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

Pairtner ceeties

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

↑ "Los fuegos que conmocionaron Madrid". 20minutos.es (in spanish). 6 September 2006. Retrieved 13 August 2008. More than one of |lang= and |language= specified (help)CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
↑ D. Ramón de Mesonero Romanos (1881). Oficinas de la Ilustración Española y Americana (ed.). "El antiguo Madrid: paseos históricos-anecdóticos por las calles y casas de esta villa" (in Spainish). Archived frae the original on 23 Juin 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2008.
↑ "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: |1= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t Madrid city council webpage "Mapa Mundi de las ciudades hermanadas" Check |url= 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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[1] "Los fuegos que conmocionaron Madrid". 20minutos.es (in spanish). 6 September 2006. Retrieved 13 August 2008. More than one of |lang= and |language= specified (help)CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)

[2] D. Ramón de Mesonero Romanos (1881). Oficinas de la Ilustración Española y Americana (ed.). "El antiguo Madrid: paseos históricos-anecdóticos por las calles y casas de esta villa" (in Spainish). Archived frae the original on 23 Juin 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2008.

[History_of_Madrid-3] "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)

[4] "Population on 1 January by age groups and sex - functional urban areas". Eurostat.

[5] "Demographia World Urban Areas" (PDF). Demographia. 2019.

[6] . Instituto Nacional de Estadística. Cite has empty unkent parameter: |1= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)

[hermanadas-7] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t Madrid city council webpage "Mapa Mundi de las ciudades hermanadas" Check |url= value (help). Ayuntamiento de Madrid.

[special_partners-8] "International Relations: Special Partners". Mairie De Paris. Archived frae the original on 8 Februar 2007. Retrieved 26 Januar 2011.

[9] "Sister Cities". Beijing Municipal Government. Archived frae the original on 17 Januar 2010. Retrieved 23 September 2008.

[10] "Berlin's international city relations". Berlin Mayor's Office. Archived frae the original on 22 August 2008. Retrieved 1 Julie 2009.

[11] "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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Madrid
Ceety
[Villa de Madrid] error: {{lang}}: text has italic markup (help)

Banner o Madrid Banner Coat airms
Motto(s): [«Fui sobre agua edificada, mis muros de fuego son. Esta es mi insignia y blasón»] error: {{lang}}: text has italic markup (help) ("On watter I wis biggit, my wa's is made o fire. This is my enenyie an escutcheon")^[1]^[2]
Madrid Location o Madrid athin Spain
Coordinates: 40°23′N 3°43′W / 40.383°N 3.717°W / 40.383; -3.717Coordinates: 40°23′N 3°43′W / 40.383°N 3.717°W / 40.383; -3.717
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