Community of Madrid
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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 Community of Madrid is bounded to the south and east by Castilla–La Mancha and to the north and west by Castile and León. It was formally created in 1983, based on the limits of the province of Madrid, which was until then conventionally included in the historical region of New Castile (Castilla la Nueva).
Community of Madrid
Comunidad de Madrid | |
|---|---|
| Anthem: "Himno de la Comunidad de Madrid" "Anthem of the Community of Madrid" | |
.svg) Location of the Community of Madrid within Spain | |
| Coordinates: 40°30′N 3°40′W | |
| Country | Spain |
| Capital | City of Madrid |
| Government | |
| • President | Isabel Díaz Ayuso (PP) |
| • Legislature | Assembly of Madrid |
| • Executive | Government of the Community of Madrid |
| Area | |
| • Total | 8,028 km2 (3,100 sq mi) |
| Ranked 12th, 1.6% of Spain | |
| Population (2022) | |
| • Total | 6,825,005[1] |
| • Density | 850.13/km2 (2,201.8/sq mi) |
| • Pop. rank | 3rd |
| • Percent | 14.2% of Spain |
| Demonym | Madrilenian • Madrilene madrileño • madrileña |
| GDP (PPA; 2021) | |
| • Per capita | €47,041  5.7%[2] |
| ISO 3166-2 | ES-MD |
| Official languages | Spanish |
| Statute of Autonomy | 1 March 1983 |
| HDI (2021) | 0.940[3] very high · 1st |
| Congress seats | 37 (of 350) |
| Senate seats | 11 (of 265) |
| Website | comunidad.madrid |
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The Community of Madrid is the third most populous in Spain with 6,825,005 (2022) inhabitants mostly concentrated in the metropolitan area of Madrid.[4] It is also the most densely populated autonomous community. In absolute terms, Madrid's economy has been, since 2018, slightly bigger in size than that of Catalonia.[5] Madrid has the highest GDP per capita in the country.[6]
It contains four World Heritage Sites: the Monastery and Royal Site of El Escorial, the University and historic centre of Alcalá de Henares, the cultural landscape of Aranjuez and the Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro park in Madrid City. In addition, the Montejo Beech Forest [es] is part of the transnational Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe world heritage site.