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  2. Madrid - Wikipedia

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    Thanks to this, the city of Madrid became the political centre of the monarchy, being the capital of Spain except for a short period between 1601 and 1606, in which the Court was relocated to Valladolid (and the Madrid population temporarily plummeted accordingly). Being the capital was decisive for the evolution of the city and influenced its ...

  3. List of former national capitals - Wikipedia

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    Old capital city Country Today a part of From Until Change, reason Melbourne: Australia: Australia 1901–1908: 1927 Melbourne was the de facto seat of Government from 1901 until 1927, when in 1908, it was decided that the planned city of Canberra be the capital city and seat of Government. [8] [9] [a] Levuka: Colony of Fiji: Fiji: 1874 1877 ...

  4. List of capital cities by elevation - Wikipedia

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    Country Capital Elevation (m) Elevation (ft) Bolivia La Paz (government seat) : 3,640 11,942 Ecuador Quito: 2,850 9,350 Bolivia Sucre (de jure capital) : 2,790 9,220 Colombia

  5. Spain - Wikipedia

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    Spain's capital and largest city is Madrid, and other major urban areas include Barcelona, Valencia, Seville, Zaragoza, Málaga, Murcia and Palma de Mallorca. In early antiquity, the Iberian Peninsula was inhabited by Celts, Iberians, and other pre-Roman peoples. With the Roman conquest of the Iberian peninsula, the province of Hispania was ...

  6. List of municipalities of Spain - Wikipedia

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    Municipalities of Spain. 2004 Madrid, capital of Spain Barcelona Valencia Seville Zaragoza Málaga Murcia Palma Las Palmas Bilbao Alicante Córdoba Valladolid Vigo Gijón L'Hospitalet de Llobregat A Coruña Vitoria-Gasteiz Granada Elche Oviedo Badalona Cartagena Terrassa. This is a list of lists of the municipalities of Spain.

  7. History of Madrid - Wikipedia

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    Benefiting from prosperity in the 1980s, Spain's capital city has consolidated its position as the leading economic, cultural, industrial, educational and technological center of the Iberian peninsula. The relative decline in population since 1975 reverted in the 1990s, with the city recovering a population of roughly 3 million inhabitants by ...

  8. ‘Sahar Speaks’ by Huffington Post

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    There is no one better to tell the story of womenhood in Afghanistan than the women themselves

  9. Community of Madrid - Wikipedia

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    The Community of Madrid (Spanish: Comunidad de Madrid [komuniˈðað ðe maˈðɾið] ⓘ) is one of the seventeen autonomous communities and 50 provinces of Spain.It is located in the centre of the Iberian Peninsula, and of the Central Plateau (Meseta Central).