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    Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain, located in the center of the country. The population of Madrid city is around 3.3 million people, while the entire metropolitan area has around 6.5 million residents, making it the third largest in the European Union. Madrid covers a total area of 604.3 square kilometers. As the capital, Madrid is the political, economic, and cultural center of Spain and has the third largest GDP in the EU. It is considered the major financial center of Southern Europe and hosts many major Spanish companies.

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    Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain, located in the center of the country. The population of Madrid city is around 3.3 million people, while the entire metropolitan area has around 6.5 million residents, making it the third largest in the European Union. Madrid covers a total area of 604.3 square kilometers. As the capital, Madrid is the political, economic, and cultural center of Spain and has the third largest GDP in the EU. It is considered the major financial center of Southern Europe and hosts many major Spanish companies.

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    Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain, located in the center of the country. The population of Madrid city is around 3.3 million people, while the entire metropolitan area has around 6.5 million residents, making it the third largest in the European Union. Madrid covers a total area of 604.3 square kilometers. As the capital, Madrid is the political, economic, and cultural center of Spain and has the third largest GDP in the EU. It is considered the major financial center of Southern Europe and hosts many major Spanish companies.

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    Madrid (English /mdrd/, Spanish: [mai]) is the capital of Spain and its

    largest city. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million


    [4]
    and the entire
    population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be around 6.5
    million. It is the third-largest city in theEuropean Union,
    after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan area is the third-largest in the
    European Union after London and Paris.
    [5][6][7][8]
    The city spans a total of
    604.3 km
    2
    (233.3 sq mi).
    [9]

    The city is located on the Manzanares River in the centre of both
    the country and the Community of Madrid (which comprises the city of Madrid,
    its conurbation and extended suburbs and villages); this community is
    bordered by the autonomous communities of Castile and Len andCastile-La
    Mancha. As the capital city of Spain, seat of government, and residence of the
    Spanish monarch, Madrid is also the political, economic and cultural centre of
    Spain.
    [10]
    The current mayor is Ana Botella from the People's Party (PP).
    The Madrid urban agglomeration has the third-largest GDP
    [11]
    in the European
    Union and its influences
    in politics, education, entertainment, environment, media, fashion, science, cul
    ture, and the arts all contribute to its status as one of the world's major global
    cities.
    [12][13]
    Due to itseconomic output, high standard of living, and market
    size, Madrid is considered the majorfinancial centre of Southern
    Europe
    [14][15]
    and the Iberian Peninsula; it hosts the head offices of the vast
    majority of the major Spanish companies, such
    as Telefnica, Iberia or Repsol. Madrid is the 10th most livable city in the
    world according to Monocle magazine, in its 2010 index.
    [16][17]

    Madrid houses the headquarters of the World Tourism Organization (WTO),
    belonging to theUnited Nations Organization (UN), the SEGIB,
    the Organization of Ibero-American States (OEI), and the Public Interest
    Oversight Board (PIOB). It also hosts major international institutions
    regulators of Spanish: the Standing Committee of the Association of Spanish
    Language Academies, headquarters of the Royal Spanish Academy (RAE),
    the Cervantes Institute and the Foundation of Urgent Spanish (Fundu
    BBVA). Madrid organizes fairs such as FITUR,
    [18]
    ARCO,
    [19]
    SIMO TCI
    [20]
    and
    the Cibeles Madrid Fashion Week.
    [21]

    While Madrid possesses a modern infrastructure, it has preserved the look
    and feel of many of its historic neighbourhoods and streets. Its landmarks
    include the Royal Palace of Madrid; theRoyal Theatre with its restored 1850
    Opera House; the Buen Retiro Park, founded in 1631; the 19th-
    century National Library building (founded in 1712) containing some of Spain's
    historical archives; a large number of National museums,
    [22]
    and the Golden
    Triangle of Art, located along the Paseo del Prado and comprising three art
    museums: Prado Museum, the Reina Sofa Museum, a museum of modern
    art, and the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, which completes the
    shortcomings of the other two museums.
    [23]
    Cibeles Palace and Fountain have
    become the monument symbol of the city

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