Madrid (esp)

Madrid

Madrid ranks 14th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Brooklyn, Saint Petersburg, and Tokyo. Memorable people born in Madrid include Plácido Domingo, Julio Iglesias, and Lope de Vega. Memorable people who died in Madrid include Miguel de Cervantes, Diego Velázquez, and Francisco Franco. Madrid has been the birth place of many soccer players, and actors and the death place of many politicians, and writers. Madrid is located in Spain.

Madrid is the capital and most populous municipality of Spain. Madrid has almost 3.3 million inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of approximately 6.8 million. It is the second-largest city in the European Union (EU), second only to Berlin, Germany, and its metropolitan area is the second-largest in the EU. The municipality covers 604.3 km2 (233.3 sq mi) geographical area. Madrid lies on the River Manzanares in the central part of the Iberian Peninsula at about 650 m (2,130 ft) above mean sea level. The capital city of both Spain and the surrounding autonomous community of Madrid, it is the political, economic, and cultural centre of the country. Read more on Wikipedia