Madrid
Madrid is Spain's capital and largest city, with over 3.2 million residents within the city limits and 6.8 million people live in the autonomous Community of Madrid region.Photo: FDV, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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Popular Destinations
Sol-Letras-Lavapiés
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Sol, Letras and Lavapiés are neighborhoods in central Madrid, the capital of Spain.
Salamanca
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Salamanca is a district of Madrid. It is located northeast of the centre and is considered to be the poshest neighbourhood of the city.
Retiro-Paseo del Arte
Retiro is a district in eastern-central Madrid. While it is dominated by the Retiro Park, it also houses 125,000 residents.Destinations
Malasaña-Chueca
Malasaña, Chueca, Conde Duque and Salesas are neighbourhoods in northern central Madrid.La Latina-Austrias
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La Latina and Austrias are neighbourhoods in central Madrid.
Arganzuela
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Arganzuela is a district in southern Madrid on the banks of river Manzanares.
Moncloa
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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.
Northern Suburbs
The Northern Suburbs of Madrid is a large region that can be taken as the city in miniature.Photo: Dmitry Dzhus, CC BY 2.0.
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Notable Places in the Area
Biblioteca Nacional de España
The Biblioteca Nacional de España is a major public library, the largest in Spain, and one of the largest in the world.Palacio Real de Madrid
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The Royal Palace of Madrid is the official residence of the Spanish royal family at the city of Madrid, although now used only for state ceremonies.
Museum Reina Sofía
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The Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía is Spain's national museum of 20th-century art.
Localities in the Area
Southern Suburbs
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 Southern Suburbs of Madrid.Latina
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Latina is a district of Madrid located in the southwestern corner of the municipality.
Madrid
- Type: City with 3,280,000 residents
- Description: municipality and capital of Spain
- Postal codes: 28001-28053, 28070, 28071, 28080, 28082, 28083, 28085-28087, 28706 and 28754
- Neighbors: Getafe and Las Rozas
- Categories: municipality of Spain and locality
- Location: Madrid, Community of Madrid, Central Spain, Spain, Iberia, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.4154° or 40° 24' 56" northLongitude
-3.7074° or 3° 42' 27" westPopulation
3,280,000Elevation
665 metres (2,182 feet)IATA airport code
MADUnited Nations Location Code
ES MADOpen Location Code
8CGRC78V+52OpenStreetMap ID
node 21068295OpenStreetMap Feature
place=cityGeoNames ID
3117735Wikidata ID
Q2807Madrid Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Abkhazian: Madrid
- Abkhazian: Мaдрид
- Abkhazian: Мадрид
- Achinese: Madrid
- Adyghe: Мадрид
- Afar: Madrid
- Afrikaans: Madrid
- Akan: Madrid
- Albanian: Madrid
- Albanian: Madridi
- Amharic: ማድሪድ
- Arabic: Madrid
- Arabic: مجريط
- Arabic: مدريد
- Aragonese: Madrit
- Armenian: Մադրիդ
- Armenian: Մատրիտ
- Arpitan: Madrid
- Asturian: Ciudá de Madrid
- Asturian: Madrid
- Asturian: Villa de Madrid
- Avaric: Madrid
- Avaric: Мадрид
- Aymara: Madrid
- Azerbaijani: Madrid
- Balinese: Madrid
- Bambara: Madrid
- Bashkir: Мадрид
- Basque: Madril
- Bavarian: Madrid
- Belarusian: Мадрыд
- Bengali: মাদ্রিদ
- 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 Kurdish: مەدرید
- Chamorro: Madrid
- Chavacano: Madrid
- Chechen: Мадрид
- Cheyenne: Madrid
- Chinese: Madrid
- Chinese: Mǎdélǐ
- 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
- Dagbani: Madrid
- Danish: Madrid
- Dimli (individual language): Madrid
- Dutch: Madrid
- Eastern Mari: Мадрид
- Egyptian Arabic: مجريط
- Egyptian Arabic: مدريد
- English: Madrid, Spain
- Erzya: Мадрид ош
- Esperanto: Madrido
- Estonian: Madrid
- Ewe: Madrid
- Extremaduran: Cidá de Mairil
- Extremaduran: Madrid
- Extremaduran: Mairil
- Extremaduran: Villa de Mairil
- Faroese: Madrid
- Fiji Hindi: Madrid
- Finnish: Madrid
- French: Madrid
- French: Madrid (Espagne)
- Friulian: Madrid
- Gagauz: Madrid
- Galician: Madrid
- Galician: مادريد
- Georgian: მადრიდი
- German: Madrid
- German: Madrid, Spanien
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: Madrid
- Gilaki: مادريد
- Goan Konkani: माद्रिद
- Gothic: 𐌼𐌰𐌳𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌳
- Greek: Μαδρίτη
- Guarani: Madrid
- Gujarati: મેડ્રિડ
- Haitian: Madrid
- Hakka Chinese: Madrid
- Hakka Chinese: Mâ-tet-lî
- Hausa: Madrid
- Hausa: Makelika
- Hawaiian: Makelika
- Hebrew: מדריד
- Hindi: मद्रिद
- Hindi: मेड्रिड
- Hindi: मैड्रिड
- Hungarian: Madrid
- Icelandic: Madrid
- Icelandic: Madríd
- Ido: Madrid
- Iloko: Madrid
- Inari Sami: Madrid
- Indonesian: Madrid
- Ingush: Мадрид
- Interlingua: Madrid
- Interlingue: Madrid
- Irish: Maidrid
- Italian: Madrid
- Jamaican Creole English: Madrid
- Jamaican Creole English: Majrid, Spien
- Japanese: マドリッド
- Japanese: マドリード
- Japanese: マドリード市
- Javanese: Madrid
- Kabardian: Мадрид
- Kabiyè: Maadiriidi
- Kabyle: Madrid
- Kalaallisut: Madrid
- Kannada: ಮಡ್ರಿಡ್
- Kannada: ಮಾದ್ರಿದ್
- Kannada: ಮ್ಯಾಡ್ರಿಡ್
- Kara-Kalpak: Madrid
- Kashubian: Madrit
- Kazakh: Мадрид
- Kazakh: Мадрид қаласы
- Kinyarwanda: Madrid
- Kirghiz: Мадрид
- Komi-Permyak: Мадрид
- Komi: Мадрид
- Korean: 마드리드
- Kotava: Madrid
- Kurdish: Madrîd
- Ladin: Madrid
- Ladino: Madrid
- Lao: Madrid
- Latin: Matritum
- Latvian: Madride
- Lezghian: Мадрид
- Ligurian: Madrid
- 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: Madrid
- Min Dong Chinese: Mā-dáik-lī
- Min Nan Chinese: Madrid
- Mingrelian: მადრიდი
- Mirandese: Madrid
- Moksha: Мадрид
- Mongolian: Мадрид
- Moroccan Arabic: مدريد
- N'Ko: ߊߛߌߔߊ߲߫ ߞߎߓߋߘߊ
- N'Ko: ߡߊ߬ߘߙߌߘ
- Narom: Madri
- Nauru: Madrid
- Navajo: Tó Háálį́ (Naakaii Łibáhí Bikéyah)
- Navajo: Tó Háálį́
- Nepali: माद्री
- Nepali: म्याड्रिड
- Newari: माद्री
- Northern Frisian: Madrid
- Northern Luri: مادرید
- Northern Sami: Madrid
- Norwegian: Madrid
- Norwegian Bokmål: Madrid
- Norwegian Nynorsk: 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
- Pitcairn-Norfolk: Madrid
- Polish: Madryt
- Portuguese: Madri
- Portuguese: Madrid
- Pushto: مادريد
- Pushto: مادرید
- Quechua: Madrid
- Quechua: Madrid llaqta
- Romanian: Madrid
- Romansh: Madrid
- Rundi: Madrid
- Russia Buriat: Мадрид
- Russian: Мадрид
- Rusyn: Мадрід
- Samoan: Madrid
- 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
- Sinhala: මැඩ්රිඩ්
- Skolt Sami: Madrid
- Slovak: Madrid
- Slovenian: Madrid
- Somali: Madrid
- South Azerbaijani: مادرید
- Southern Sotho: Madrid
- Spanish (Historic): La Villa y Corte de Madrid
- Spanish: Los Madriles
- Spanish: Madrid
- Sranan Tongo: Madrid
- Sundanese: Madrid
- Swahili: Madrid
- Swedish: Madrid (kommun i Spanien, Madrid, Provincia de Madrid, lat 40,49, long -3,68)
- Swedish: Madrid
- Swiss German: 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): 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
- Madrìd
- Magerit
- මැඩ්රිඩ්
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page Madrid. Photo: DonPaolo, CC BY-SA 3.0.