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The street was formerly a thalweg partially along which the Arroyo de la Castellana flowed towards its emptying in the Abroñigal. [2] The Fuente Castellana, which was the main source of the Arroyo de la Castellana [2] and, according to Cervantes, a spring with "extremely cold waters", [3] was located near the current day plaza de Emilio Castelar.
Ayuntamiento (Spanish pronunciation: [aʝuntaˈmjento]) [note 1] is the general term for the town council, or cabildo, of a municipality [1] or, sometimes, as is ...
The Madrid Municipal Police (Policía Municipal de Madrid) is the local law enforcement body, dependent on the Ayuntamiento. As of 2018, it had a workforce of 6,190 civil servants. [124] The headquarters of both the Directorate-General of the Police and the Directorate-General of the Civil Guard are located in Madrid.
The GDP of the metropolitan area of Madrid was estimated to be €210 billion in 2020 and represents over 95% of the GDP of the region of Madrid. [7] The GDP per capita was 37,758 euros in the metropolitan area while it reached 30,453 euros for the Madrid region, the Community of Madrid.
The Community of Madrid (Spanish: Comunidad de Madrid [komuniˈðað ðe maˈðɾið] ⓘ) is one of the seventeen autonomous communities of Spain. It is located in the centre of the Iberian Peninsula, and of the Central Plateau (Meseta Central). Its capital and largest municipality is the City of Madrid, which is also the capital of the country.
The Madrid Metro (Spanish: Metro de Madrid) is a rapid transit system serving the city of Madrid, capital of Spain. The system is the 14th longest rapid transit system in the world, with a total length of 293 km (182 mi). Its growth between 1995 and 2007 put it among the fastest-growing networks in the world at the time.
According to Eurostat, the "metropolitan region" of Madrid has a population of slightly more than 6,271 million people [10] covering an area of 4,609.7 square kilometres (1,780 sq mi). It is the largest metropolitan area in Spain and the second largest in the European Union. [11] [12] [13]
The Muslim Walls of Madrid (also known as the Arab Walls of Madrid), of which some vestiges remain, are located in the Spanish capital city of Madrid. They are probably the oldest construction extant in the city. They were built in the 9th century, during the Muslim domination of the Iberian Peninsula, on a promontory next to Manzanares river.