Madrid (esp)

Madrid

Madrid ranks 14th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Brooklyn, Saint Petersburg, and Tokyo. The most famous people from Madrid are Plácido Domingo, Julio Iglesias, and Lope de Vega. The most famous people who died in Madrid are Miguel de Cervantes, Alfredo Di Stéfano, and Domenico Scarlatti. 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 city of Spain. Madrid has a population of 3,477,497 in the city proper, and a metropolitan area population of approximately 6.8 million. It is the second-largest city in the European Union (EU), and its metropolitan area is the second-largest in the EU. The municipality covers an area of 605.77 km2 (233.89 sq mi). 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