Central Spain
Community of Madrid
Madrid

Madrid

Madrid is 's capital and largest city. A city that has been marked by Spain's varied and tumultuous history, Madrid has some of Europe's most impressive cultural and architectural heritage, which includes grand avenues, plazas, buildings and monuments, world-class art galleries and museums, highly popular football teams, and cultural events of international fame for everyone.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Sol-Letras-Lavapiés and Salamanca.

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

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is a district of Madrid. It is located northeast of the centre and is considered to be the poshest neighbourhood of the city. Branches of international luxury brands, upscale restaurants, nightlife venues and hotels are found here.

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Retiro is a district in eastern-central Madrid. While it is dominated by the Retiro Park, it also houses 125,000 residents. This article also includes the Paseo del Arte where the city's most famous art museums are lined up.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Chamberí-Castellana and Malasaña-Chueca.

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Chamberí is a middle-class residential district in Madrid. Paseo de la Castellana is an important northbound boulevard. Moreover this article includes listings in other, lesser-known northern districts of the city.

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Malasaña, Chueca, Conde Duque and Salesas are neighbourhoods in northern central Madrid.

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

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is a district of Madrid, . It is approximately 5.23 km2 in size. It has a population of 149,718 people and a population density of 28,587 people/km2.

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is a district in southern Madrid 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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Moncloa-Aravaca is a district in western Madrid. It includes several university campuses, the Argüelles neighbourhood and the huge Casa de Campo park.

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The of Madrid is a large region that can be taken as the city in miniature. Comprising the districts of Chamartín, Tetuán, Fuencarral-El Pardo, Ciudad Lineal, Hortaleza, San Blas-Canillejas and Barajas, this part of the city is home…
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Biblioteca Nacional de España and Palacio Real de Madrid.

Library
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The is the national library of Spain. It is the largest public library in the country, and one of the largest in the world.

Museum
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The Royal Palace of Madrid is the official residence of the Spanish royal family and is used primarily for state ceremonies. With over 135,000 m2 and 3,418 rooms, the Royal Palace of Madrid is the largest royal palace in and one of the largest in the world.

Museum
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The Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía is Spain's national museum of 20th-century art. The museum was officially inaugurated on September 10, 1992, and is named for Queen Sofía.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Southern Suburbs and Latina.

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For the purposes of this guide, districts of Latina, Moratalaz, Usera, Puente de Vallecas, Moratalaz, Villaverde, Villa de Vallecas and Vicálvaro are considered as the of Madrid.

Suburb
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is a district of Madrid located in the southwestern corner of the municipality.

Suburb
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is a district of Madrid, . It lies on the southern bank of the Manzanares. It is home to about 10% of the Chinese citizens who live in the , and has long-established colombian community.

Madrid

Latitude
40.4154° or 40° 24′ 56″ north
Longitude
-3.7074° or 3° 42′ 27″ west
Population
3,420,000
Elevation
665 metres (2,182 feet)
IATA airport code
MAD
United Nations Location Code
ES MAD
Open location code
8CGRC78V+52
Open­Street­Map ID
node 21068295
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
3117735
Wiki­data ID
Q2807
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In Other Languages

From Abkhazian to Zulu—“Madrid” goes by many names.
  • Abkhazian: “Мaдрид”
  • Abkhazian: “Мадрид”
  • Achinese: “Madrid”
  • Adyghe: “Мадрид”
  • Afrikaans: “Madrid”
  • Albanian: “Madrid”
  • Albanian: “Madridi”
  • Amharic: “ማድሪድ”
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Μαδρίτη”
  • Arabic: “مجريط”
  • Arabic: “مدريد”
  • Aragonese: “Madrit”
  • Armenian: “Մադրիդ”
  • Arpitan: “Madrid”
  • Assamese: “মাদ্ৰিদ”
  • Asturian: “Ciudá de Madrid”
  • Asturian: “Madrí”
  • Asturian: “Madrid”
  • Asturian: “Madril”
  • Asturian: “Villa de Madrid”
  • Avaric: “Мадрид”
  • Aymara: “Madrid”
  • Azerbaijani: “Madrid”
  • Balinese: “Madrid”
  • Bambara: “Madrid”
  • Bashkir: “Мадрид”
  • Basque: “Madril”
  • Bavarian: “Madrid”
  • Belarusian: “Мадрыд”
  • Bengali: “মাদ্রিদ”
  • Betawi: “Madrid”
  • Bhojpuri: “मैड्रिड”
  • Bislama: “Madrid”
  • Bosnian: “Madrid”
  • Breton: “Madrid”
  • Bulgarian: “Мадрид”
  • Burmese: “မဒရစ်မြို့”
  • Burmese: “မာဒရစ်မြို့”
  • Catalan: “Madrid”
  • Cebuano: “Madrid (munisipyo sa Espanya, Comunidad de Madrid, Provincia de Madrid, lat 40,49, long -3,68)”
  • Cebuano: “Madrid”
  • Central Bikol: “Madrid”
  • Central Kanuri: “Madrid”
  • Central Kurdish: “مەدرید”
  • Chamorro: “Madrid”
  • Chavacano: “Madrid”
  • Chechen: “Мадрид”
  • Cheyenne: “Madrid”
  • Chinese: “Mǎdélǐ”
  • Chinese: “Madrid”
  • Chinese: “馬德里/马德里”
  • Chinese: “馬德里”
  • Chinese: “马德里”
  • Church Slavic: “Мадридъ”
  • Chuvash: “Мадрид”
  • Cornish: “Madrid”
  • Corsican: “Madrid”
  • Corsican: “Madridi”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Madrid”
  • Croatian: “Madrid”
  • Czech: “Madrid”
  • Danish: “Madrid”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Madrid”
  • Dutch: “Madrid, Spanje”
  • Dutch: “Madrid”
  • Eastern Mari: “Мадрид”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مجريط”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مدريد”
  • Erzya: “Мадрид ош”
  • Esperanto: “Madrido”
  • Estonian: “Madrid”
  • Ewe: “Madrid”
  • Extremaduran: “Ciá de Mairil”
  • Extremaduran: “Cidá de Mairil”
  • Extremaduran: “Madrid”
  • Extremaduran: “Mairil”
  • Extremaduran: “Villa de Mairil”
  • Faroese: “Madrid”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Madrid”
  • Fijian: “Madrid”
  • Finnish: “Madrid”
  • French: “Madrid (Espagne)”
  • French: “Madrid”
  • Friulian: “Madrid”
  • Gagauz: “Madrid”
  • Galician: “Madrid”
  • Georgian: “მადრიდი”
  • German: “Madrid, Spanien”
  • German: “Madrid”
  • Gilaki: “مادريد”
  • Goan Konkani: “माद्रिद”
  • Gothic: “𐌼𐌰𐌳𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌳”
  • Greek: “Μαδρίτη”
  • Guarani: “Madrid”
  • Gujarati: “મેડ્રિડ”
  • Haitian: “Madrid”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Mâ-tet-lî”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Madrid”
  • Hausa: “Madrid”
  • Hawaiian: “Makelika”
  • Hebrew: “מדריד”
  • Hindi: “मद्रिद”
  • Hindi: “मेड्रिड”
  • Hindi: “मैड्रिड”
  • Hungarian: “Madrid”
  • Icelandic: “Madrid”
  • Icelandic: “Madríd”
  • Ido: “Madrid”
  • Iloko: “Madrid”
  • Indonesian: “Madrid”
  • Ingush: “Мадрид”
  • Interlingua: “Madrid”
  • Interlingue: “Madrid”
  • Irish: “Maidrid”
  • Italian: “Madrid”
  • Jamaican Creole English: “Majrid, Spien”
  • Japanese: “マドリード”
  • Japanese: “マドリード市”
  • Japanese: “マドリッド”
  • Javanese: “Madrid”
  • Kabardian: “Мадрид”
  • Kabiyè: “Maadiriidi”
  • Kabyle: “Madrid”
  • Kalaallisut: “Madrid”
  • Kannada: “ಮಡ್ರಿಡ್”
  • Kannada: “ಮಾದ್ರಿದ್”
  • Kannada: “ಮ್ಯಾಡ್ರಿಡ್”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Madrid”
  • Kashmiri: “مدرِد”
  • Kashubian: “Madrit”
  • Kazakh: “Мадрид қаласы”
  • Kazakh: “Мадрид”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Madrid”
  • Kirghiz: “Мадрид”
  • Komering: “Madrid”
  • Komi-Permyak: “Мадрид”
  • Komi: “Мадрид”
  • Korean: “마드리드”
  • Kotava: “Madrid”
  • Kurdish: “Madrîd”
  • Ladin: “Madrid”
  • Ladino: “Madrid”
  • Lao: “ມາດິດ”
  • Latin: “Madriti”
  • Latin: “Madritum”
  • Latin: “Matritum”
  • Latvian: “Madride”
  • Lezghian: “Мадрид”
  • Ligurian: “Madrid”
  • Limburgan: “Madrid (stad)”
  • Limburgan: “Madrid”
  • Lingala: “Madrid”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Madrid”
  • Literary Chinese: “馬德里”
  • Lithuanian: “Madridas”
  • Livvi: “Madridu”
  • Lombard: “Madrid”
  • Low German: “Madrid”
  • Low German: “Medrid”
  • Lower Sorbian: “Madrid”
  • Luxembourgish: “Madrid”
  • Macedo-Romanian: “Madrid”
  • Macedonian: “Мадрид”
  • Malagasy: “Madrid”
  • Malay: “Madrid”
  • Malayalam: “മാഡ്രിഡ്”
  • Maltese: “Madrid”
  • Manx: “Madrid”
  • Maori: “Madrid”
  • Marathi: “माद्रिद”
  • Mazanderani: “مادرید”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Mā-dáik-lī”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Madrid”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Madrid”
  • Minangkabau: “Madrid”
  • Mingrelian: “მადრიდი”
  • Mirandese: “Madrid”
  • Moksha: “Мадрид”
  • Mongolian: “Мадрид”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “مدريد”
  • N'Ko: “ߊߛߌߔߊ߲߫ ߞߎߓߋߘߊ”
  • N'Ko: “ߡߊ߬ߘߙߌߘ”
  • Narom: “Madri”
  • Navajo: “Tó Háálį́ (Naakaii Łibáhí Bikéyah)”
  • Navajo: “Tó Háálį́”
  • Nepali: “म्याड्रिड”
  • Newari: “माद्री”
  • Northern Frisian: “Madrid”
  • Northern Luri: “مادرید”
  • Northern Sami: “Madrid”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Madrid”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Madrid”
  • Norwegian: “Madrid”
  • Novial: “Madrid”
  • Nyanja: “Madrid”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Madrid”
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “ܡܕܪܝܕ”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Madrid”
  • Oriya: “ମାଡ୍ରିଦ”
  • Ossetian: “Мадрид”
  • Pampanga: “Madrid”
  • Panjabi: “ਮਾਦਰਿਦ”
  • Panjabi: “ਮਾਦਰੀਦ”
  • Papiamento: “Madrid”
  • Pennsylvania German: “Madrid”
  • Persian: “مادرید”
  • Picard: “Madrid”
  • Piemontese: “Madrid”
  • Polish: “Madryt”
  • Portuguese: “Madri”
  • Portuguese: “Madrid”
  • Pushto: “مادريد”
  • Pushto: “مادرید”
  • Quechua: “Madrid llaqta”
  • Quechua: “Madrid”
  • Romanian: “Madrid”
  • Romansh: “Madrid”
  • Rundi: “Madrid”
  • Russia Buriat: “Мадрид”
  • Russian: “Мадрид”
  • Rusyn: “Мадрід”
  • Sakizaya: “Ma-te-li”
  • Samoan: “Matariti”
  • Samogitian: “Madrids”
  • Sanskrit: “मद्रिद्”
  • Santali: “ᱢᱟᱫᱨᱤᱫ”
  • Santali: “ᱢᱟᱫᱽᱨᱤᱫᱽ”
  • Sardinian: “Madrid”
  • Saterfriesisch: “Madrid”
  • Scots: “Madrid”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Madrid”
  • Serbian: “Мадрид”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Madrid”
  • Shona: “Madrid”
  • Sicilian: “Madrid”
  • Silesian: “Madryt”
  • Sindhi: “ميڊرڊ”
  • Sinhala: “මැඩ්‍රිඩ්”
  • Sinhala: “මැඩ්රිඩ්”
  • Slovak: “Madrid”
  • Slovenian: “Madrid”
  • South Azerbaijani: “مادرید”
  • Southern Sotho: “Madrid”
  • Spanish: “Los Madriles”
  • Spanish: “Madrid”
  • Spanish: “La Villa y Corte de Madrid” (historical)
  • Sranan Tongo: “Madrid”
  • Standard Moroccan Tamazight: “ⵎⴰⴷⵔⵉⴷ”
  • Sundanese: “Madrid”
  • Swahili: “Madrid”
  • Swedish: “Madrid (kommun i Spanien, Madrid, Provincia de Madrid, lat 40,49, long -3,68)”
  • Swedish: “Madrid”
  • Tachelhit: “Madrid”
  • Tagalog: “Lungsod ng Madrid”
  • Tagalog: “Madrid”
  • Tahitian: “Madrid”
  • Tajik: “Мадрид”
  • Talysh: “Madrid”
  • Tamil: “மட்ரிட்”
  • Tamil: “மத்ரித்”
  • Tamil: “மாட்ரிட்”
  • Tatar: “Madrid”
  • Tatar: “Мадрид”
  • Telugu: “మద్రిడ్”
  • Telugu: “మాడ్రిడ్”
  • Tetum: “Madríd”
  • Thai: “มาดริด”
  • Tibetan: “མ་ད་རིད།”
  • Tigrinya: “ማድሪድ”
  • Tok Pisin: “Madrid”
  • Tonga (Tonga Islands): “Mataliti”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Madrid”
  • Tswana: “Madrid”
  • Tumbuka: “Madrid”
  • Tunisian Arabic: “مدريد”
  • Turkish: “Madrid”
  • Turkmen: “Madrid”
  • Twi: “Madrid”
  • Udmurt: “Мадрид”
  • Uighur: “Madrid”
  • Uighur: “مادرىد”
  • Ukrainian: “Мадрид”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Madrid”
  • Urdu: “میدرد”
  • Uzbek: “Madrid”
  • Venda: “Madrid”
  • Venetian: “Madrid”
  • Veps: “Madrid”
  • Vietnamese: “Madrid”
  • Vlaams: “Madrid”
  • Vlax Romani: “Madrid”
  • Volapük: “Madrid”
  • Võro: “Madrid”
  • Walloon: “Madrid”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Madrid”
  • Welsh: “Madrid”
  • Western Armenian: “Մատրիտ”
  • Western Frisian: “Madrid”
  • Western Mari: “Мадрид”
  • Western Panjabi: “مادرید”
  • Western Panjabi: “میڈرڈ”
  • Wolof: “Madrid”
  • Wu Chinese: “马德里市”
  • Xhosa: “Madrid”
  • Yakut: “Мадрид”
  • Yiddish: “מאדריד”
  • Yoruba: “Madrid”
  • Yue Chinese: “馬德里”
  • Zhuang: “Madrid”
  • Zulu: “i-Madrid”
  • “ma tomo Masi”
  • “Madrid”
  • “Madrìd”
  • “Madrids”
  • “मैड्रिड”

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