Madrid (autonomous community) - Madrid (autonomous community) Comunidad de Madrid (image) (In Detail) (In Detail) Capital Madrid Area - total - % of Spain Ranked 12th 8 028 km² 1,6% Population - Total (2003) - % of Spain - Density Ranked 3rd 5 527 152 13,2% 688,48/km² Demonym - English - Spanish Madrilene madrileño/a Statute of Autonomy March 1, 1983 ISO 3166-2 M Parliamentary representation Congress seats Senate seats 34 6 President Esperanza Aguirre (PP) Comunidad de Madrid Madrid is one of Spain's seventeen autonomous communities, located in the centre of the country. It is coterminous with the province of Madrid, and contains the city of Madrid which is the capital of the province, the community, and the country. Over half of the population live in the capital. Other.
Murcia (autonomous community) - Murcia (autonomous community) Comunidad Autónoma de la Región de Murcia Capital Murcia Area - total - % of Spain Ranked 9th 11 313 km² 2,2% Population - Total (2003) - % of Spain - Density Ranked 10th 1 226 993 2,9% 108,46/km² Demonym - English - Spanish Murcian murciano/a Statute of Autonomy June 19, 1982 ISO 3166-2 MU Parliamentary representation Congress seats Senate seats 9 2 President Ramón Luis Valcárcel Siso (PP) Comunidad Autónoma de la Región de Murcia Murcia is one of Spain's seventeen autonomous communities, located in the southeast of the country between Andalucia and Valencia, on the Mediterranean coast. It consists of one province, and contains the city of Murcia which is the capital of the province and the community. Other cities located.
Madrid (disambiguation) - Madrid (disambiguation) Madrid redirects to Madrid, Spain, the city. In Spain, the name also refers to: Madrid (province), Spain Madrid (autonomous community), Spain See Autonomous communities of Spain. Here are some cities in the United States named "Madrid": Madrid, Alabama Madrid, Colorado Madrid, Iowa Madrid, Kentucky Madrid, Maine Madrid, Nebraska Madrid, New Mexico Madrid, New York Madrid, Virginia Note also New Madrid, Missouri, seat of New Madrid County, and location of the New Madrid Fault. There is also a Madriz in Nicaragua..
Madrid metro - Madrid metro A typical Madrid metro entrance, at Tribunal station A modern metro train on line 9 The Madrid metro is the large metro system serving Madrid, the capital of Spain. It is one of the largest metro systems in the world, which is especially remarkable considering Madrid's population of approximately four million. In fact, it is the sixth longest metro in the world, though Madrid is approximately the fiftieth most populous metropolitan area in the world. It is also one of the fastest growing in the world, rivalled only by Seoul; the latest round of expansions, completed in spring 2003, have increased its length to 223 kilometres. The metro opened in 1919 under the direction of the Compañía de Metro Alfonso XIII. Metro stations served.
Valencian Community - Valencian Community Comunitat Valenciana Comunidad Valenciana Capital Valencia Official languages Valencian (Catalan) and Castilian (Spanish) Area - total - % of Spain Ranked 8th 23 255 km² 4,6% Population - Total (2003) - % of Spain - Density Ranked 4th 4 326 708 10,3% 186,05/km² Demonym - English - Valencian - Spanish Valencian valencià/valenciana valenciano/valenciana Statute of Autonomy July 10, 1982 ISO 3166-2 VC Parliamentary representation Congress seats Senate seats 32 5 President Francisco Enrique Camps Ortiz (PP) Generalitat Valenciana Valencian Community (Catalan Comunitat Valenciana, Spanish Comunidad Valenciana) is an autonomous community (comunidad autónoma in Spanish, or, in Catalan, comunitat autònoma) in the east of Spain. It is historically the Valencian Country (País Valencià in Catalan, País Valenciano in Spanish). Its languages are Spanish (Castilian) and.
List of municipalities in Madrid - List of municipalities in Madrid This is a list of the municipalities in the province and autonomous community of Madrid, Spain. Name Pop. (2002) La Acebeda, Madrid 53 Ajalvir, Madrid 2,526 Alameda del Valle, Madrid 188 El Álamo, Madrid 5,233 Alcalá de Henares, Madrid 179,602 Alcobendas, Madrid 95,104 Alcorcón, Madrid 149,594 Aldea del Fresno, Madrid 1,616 Algete, Madrid 16,011 Alpedrete, Madrid 8,811 Ambite, Madrid 312 Anchuelo, Madrid 590 Aranjuez, Madrid 40,928 Arganda del Rey, Madrid 33,945 Arroyomolinos, Madrid 5,428 El Atazar, Madrid 101 Batres, Madrid 1,047 Becerril de la Sierra, Madrid 3,879 Belmonte de Tajo, Madrid 1,159 El Berrueco, Madrid 391 Berzosa del Lozoya, Madrid 152 Boadilla del Monte, Madrid 27,145 El Boalo, Madrid 3,810 Braojos, Madrid 179 Brea de Tajo, Madrid 443 Brunete, Madrid 6,216 Buitrago del.
José María Aznar - José María Aznar López (born in Madrid, Spain on February 25, 1953) has been the Prime Minister of Spain (officially, "president of the Spanish government") since 1996. He was the grandson of Manuel Aznar Zubigaray, a former Basque nationalist turned Franco supporter. Manuel directed several newspapers and worked as a Spanish diplomat. As a teenager, José María was a Falangist. He studied law, and then became an inspector for the Spanish Tax Authority. He entered Conservative party Alianza Popular ("People's Alliance"). Member of Parliament for La rioja, he was later elected to the presidency of Autonomous Community of Castile-Leon. His success earned him the trust of the Galician party leader Manuel Fraga, who appointed him as new party leader. Aznar conducted the refoundation of AP as Partido Popular ("People's Party"), aiming.
Galicia - Galicia Galicia refers to both an Autonomous Region of Spain, covered here, and the former region Galicia (Eastern Europe). Comunidade Autónoma de Galicia Comunidad Autónoma de Galicia Capital Santiago de Compostela Official languages Galician and Castilian Area - total - % of Spain Ranked 7th 29 574 km² 5,8% Population - Total (2003) - % of Spain - Density Ranked 5th 2 737 370 6,5% 92,36/km² Demonym - English - Galician - Spanish Galician galego gallego Statute of Autonomy April 28, 1981 ISO 3166-2 GA Parliamentary representation Congress seats Senate seats 25 3 President Manuel Fraga Iribarne (PPG) Xunta de Galicia Galicia (Galego: Galicia or Galiza, Spanish: Galicia) is an autonomous community in the northwest of Spain (pop. approx. 2.8 million; in 1900 pop. was approx.1,980,515, according to Enc..
Galician - Western Ibero-Romance branch, spoken in Galicia (in the Galician language, Galicia or Galiza), an autonomous community in northwestern Spain. Historically, the Portuguese language originated in Galicia (the Roman Gallaecia) and branched out in the 14th century after the Reconquista brought it southwards. Modern Galician is seen by many (mainly in Portugal) as a dialect of Portuguese. The Encylopedia Britannica says it is a Portuguese dialect spoken in northwestern Spain, often incorrectly considered a dialect of Spanish. For the Instituto da Lingua Galega, Galego is a Romance Language which belongs to the group of Ibero-Romantic Languages. However, in some aspects the Portuguese dialects are more conservative than the Galician ones, which for the most part lost the voiced fricatives /z/, /v/, etc. It is understood by most of the people in Galicia.
Guadalajara (province) - is a province of central Spain, in the northern part of the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha. It is bordered by the provinces of Cuenca, Madrid, Segovia, Soria, Zaragoza, and Teruel. Its population is 177,761 (2002). Its capital is Guadalajara, where nearly 40% of the province's population lives. There are 288 municipalities in Guadalajara, of which more than three-quarters are villages with populations less than 200..
El Escorial - Escorial (also San Lorenzo del Escorial), a town 45 kilometres northwest of Madrid in the autonomous community of Madrid in Spain. At the foot of the Sierra de Guadarrama mountain range, the complex was commanded by King Philip II of Spain as a necropolis for the Spanish monarchs and the seat of studies in aid of the Counter-Reformation. It was designed by the architects Juan Bautista de Toledo, Giambattista Castello, and Juan de Herrera in an austere classical style, and built from 1563 to 1584. It's shaped as a grid in memory of the martyrdom of Saint Lawrence. It is said that during the battle of Saint Quentin, the Spanish troops destroyed a small hermitage devoted to the saint. As a compensation and thanking his victory, the King decided to dedicate.
Elche - Elche Elche (sometimes ELX) is a city in the Autonomous Community of Valencia. The official languages are Catalan (Valencià) and Spanish (Castellano, español). You can see a copy of the statue of the lady of Elche (Dama de Elche) here, the real one can be found in Madrid's Museo Arqueologico Nacional. The city has a lot of palm trees..
Extremadura - February 26, 1983 ISO 3166-2 EX Parliamentary representation Congress seats Senate seats 11 2 President Juan Carlos Rodríguez Ibarra (PSOE) Junta de Extremadura Extremadura is an autonomous community of Spain. It includes the provinces of Cáceres and Badajoz. Some important cities are Cáceres, Badajoz, and Mérida, the capital of the autonomous community. For other municipalities, see lists by province: List of municipalities in Badajoz List of municipalities in Cáceres Extramadura borders Portugal to the west. It is an important area for wildlife, particulary with the major reserve at Montfragüe Bajadoz and Cáceres are, respectively, the largest and second-largest province of Spain. Map of Extremadura: Autonomous communities of Spain Andalusia Aragon Asturias Balearic Is Basque Country Canary Is Cantabria Castile-La Mancha Castile-Leon Catalonia Extremadura Galicia La Rioja Madrid Murcia Navarre Valencia.
Alcala de Henares - Henares Alcalá de Henares is a Spanish city. It is located in the autonomous community of Madrid, 30 km from the city of Madrid. Its population is over 200,000 inhabitants. It is of Roman origins, known in Latin as Complutum. It is well-known because of its university, the Universidad Complutense, which was founded by Cardinal Cisneros in 1496. The university was located in the city of Alcala for more than four centuries until in the XIX century it was moved to Madrid. The author Miguel de Cervantes was born here. During the Middle Ages, Alcalá was peacefully inhabited by Jews, Muslims and Christians, so it is now full of artistic and historic sights..
Aragon - 3166-2 AR Parliamentary representation Congress seats Senate seats 13 2 President Marcelino Iglesias Ricou (PSOE) Gobierno de Aragón Aragon (Spanish, Aragón) is an autonomous community of north-eastern Spain. It has an area of 47,719 km² with a population of 1,217,514 (2003). Aragon is bounded on the north by France, on the east by Catalonia, on the south by Valencia, and on the west by Castile-La Mancha, Castile-Leon, La Rioja, and Navarre. It comprises the provinces of Zaragoza, Huesca, and Teruel. Its capital is Zaragoza. In addition to its three provinces, Aragon is divided into 33 comarcas (counties). Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Language 2 History 3 See also 4 External Links Language In addition to Spanish, there is an original Aragonese language, still spoken in some valleys of the Pyrenees,.
Asturias - Parliamentary representation Congress seats Senate seats 9 2 President Vicente Alberto Álvarez Areces (PSOE) Gobierno del Principado de Asturias The Principality of Asturias (Asturian: Asturies) is a province and an autonomous community of Spain on the north coast facing the Bay of Biscay (Spanish: Golfo de Vizcaya). The capital is Oviedo; Asturias was formerly called the province of Oviedo. Other noteworthy cities are the major seaport Gijón and the industrial city of Avilés. Other cities include Cangas de Onís, Cangas del Narcea, Grado, Langreo, Mieres, Villaviciosa. See also List of municipalities in Asturias. The autonomous community is bordered on the east by Cantabria, on the south by Castile-Leon (Castilla-León) (province of León), on the west by Galicia (province of Lugo), and on the north by the Bay of Biscay. At.
Avila (province) - is a province of western Spain, in the southern part of the autonomous community of Castile-Leon. It is bordered by the provinces of Toledo, Cáceres, Salamanca, Valladolid, Segovia, and Madrid. Ávila has a population of 165,138 (2002). Its capital is Ávila. List of municipalities in Ávila.
Balearic Islands - 7 1 President Jaume Matas Palou (PPIB) Govern de les Illes Balears The Balearic Islands (Illes Balears Catalan official name, Islas Baleares in Spanish) are an archipelago in the western Mediterranean Sea, forming an autonomous community of Spain. The capital of the autonomous community is Palma de Mallorca. The autonomous community consists of one province. The official languages are Catalan and Spanish. The Catalan name Illes Balears is used by the Spanish government. The main islands are Majorca (Mallorca), Minorca (Menorca), Ibiza (Eivissa), and Formentera, all popular tourist destinations. Minor islands include Cabrera, the location of the Parque Nacional del Archipiélago de Cabrera. Strictly speaking, Majorca and Minorca are the Balearic Islands proper, with Ibiza and Formentera being the Illes Pitiüses; but both groups are usually referred to as the.
Badajoz - Badajoz, the capital of the Spanish province of Badajoz in the autonomous community of Extremadura, is situated close to the Portuguese frontier, on the left bank of the river Guadiana, and the Madrid-Lisbon railway. The population in 1990 was 126,781; in 2002 it was 136,851. Badajoz is the see of a bishop. It occupies a slight eminence, crowned by the ruins of a Moorish castle, and overlooking the Guadiana. A strong wall and bastions, with a broad moat and outworks, and forts on the surrounding heights, give the city an appearance of great strength. The river, which flows between the castle-hill and the powerfully armed fort of San Cristobal, is crossed by a magnificent granite bridge, originally built in 1460, repaired in 1597 and rebuilt in 1833. The whole aspect of.
Basque Country - 19 3 President Juan José Ibarretxe Markuartu (PNV) Eusko Jaurlaritza/Gobierno Vasco The Basque Country (Basque Euskadi, Spanish País Vasco, formerly Provincias Vascongadas) is an autonomous community of Spain. Its capital is Vitoria (Basque Gasteiz). It includes the following historical territories, which are equivalent to provinces (Spanish administrative division): Álava (Basque Araba), capital Vitoria (Basque Gasteiz) Vizcaya (Basque Bizkaia), capital Bilbao (Basque Bilbo) Guipúzcoa (Basque Gipuzkoa), capital San Sebastián (Basque Donostia) Autonomous communities of Spain Andalusia Aragon Asturias Balearic Is Basque Country Canary Is Cantabria Castile-La Mancha Castile-Leon Catalonia Extremadura Galicia La Rioja Madrid Murcia Navarre Valencia Plazas de soberanía The larger Basque Country (the so called Euskal Herria in Basque) is formed by seven historical regions or territories, corresponding more or less with the historical area of Basque language. The.
