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Madrid (autonomous community)

Comunidad de
Madrid
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(In Detail) (In Detail)
CapitalMadrid
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 3166-2M
Parliamentary
representation

 Congress seats
 Senate seats
 

34
6
PresidentEsperanza 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 cities located in the community include Alcala de Henares, San Lorenzo de El Escorial and Aranjuez. There are 179 municipalities in Madrid. See List of municipalities in Madrid.

Madrid is bordered by the autonomous communities of Castile-Leon (provinces of Ávila and Segovia) and Castile-La Mancha (provinces of Guadalajara, Cuenca, and Toledo).

Madrid was formerly considered part of New Castile (see Castile-La Mancha) but was made into its own community at the beginning of the autonomía system because of great economic disparity between Madrid and the Castilian-Manchego hinterland.

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