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Carabanchel

Carabanchel is a district of , Spain. It lies on the southern bank of the Manzanares, spanning southward down to the M-40 ring road. The district is made up of the neighbourhoods of , , , , and .
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  • Type: Suburb with 254,000 residents
  • Description: 11th city district of Madrid, Spain
  • Also known as: “Carabanchel District”, “District 11”, and “Distrito Carabanchel”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Palacio Vistalegre and Aluche.

Sports venue
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The is a multipurpose arena located in , Spain. It was built on the site of the former bullring, "Plaza de toros de Vista Alegre", inaugurated in 1908 and demolished in 1995.

Railway station
Photo: Carlitos Manuel Ronquillo Ordóñez, CC0.
is a station on Line 5 of the Madrid Metro and line C-5 on Cercanías, serving the barrio. It is located in fare Zone A. The station offers connection to Cercanías Madrid via railway station.

Photo: k-naia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
was a prison located in the Carabanchel neighbourhood of , . It was opened in Francoist Spain in 1944 to house political prisoners after the Spanish Civil War.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Arganzuela and La Latina-Austrias.

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is a district in southern on the banks of river Manzanares. In addition to that, this article covers all southern districts of the Spanish capital, most of which are little frequented by international travellers.

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La Latina and Austrias are neighbourhoods in central . They can be labelled as the old town of the Spanish capital.

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Sol, Letras and Lavapiés are neighbourhoods in central , the capital of .

Carabanchel

Latitude
40.3742° or 40° 22′ 27″ north
Longitude
-3.7447° or 3° 44′ 41″ west
Population
254,000
Elevation
622 metres (2,041 feet)
Open location code
8CGR97F4+M4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 307997049
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
6544493
Wiki­data ID
Q1001991
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Carabanchel” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كارابانتشيل”
  • Armenian: “Կարաբանչել”
  • Asturian: “Carabanchel”
  • Basque: “Carabanchel”
  • Catalan: “Carabanchel Alt”
  • Catalan: “Carabanchel”
  • Cebuano: “Carabanchel”
  • Chinese: “卡拉万切尔区”
  • Chinese: “卡拉萬切爾區”
  • Czech: “Carabanchel”
  • Dutch: “Carabanchel”
  • Esperanto: “Carabanchel”
  • Esperanto: “Karabanĉelo”
  • French: “Carabanchel”
  • Galician: “Carabanchel”
  • Galician: “Distrito 11”
  • Galician: “Distrito de Carabanchel”
  • German: “Carabanchel”
  • Hungarian: “Carabanchel”
  • Italian: “Carabanchel”
  • Japanese: “カラバンチェル”
  • Korean: “카라반첼”
  • Malagasy: “Carabanchel”
  • Polish: “Carabanchel”
  • Portuguese: “Carabanchel”
  • Portuguese: “Distrito 11”
  • Portuguese: “Distrito de Carabanchel”
  • Quechua: “Carabanchel distritu”
  • Russian: “Карабанчель”
  • Scots: “Carabanchel”
  • Slovenian: “Carabanchel”
  • Spanish: “Carabanchel”
  • Spanish: “Distrito 11”
  • Spanish: “Distrito de Carabanchel”
  • Swedish: “Carabanchel”
  • Turkish: “Carabanchel”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Policía Municipal - UID Carabanchel and Parque del Anillo Verde.

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