Guadarrama
Guadarrama
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 Street view of Guadarrama | ||
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Municipality Guadarrama | | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Diosdado Soto Pérez[1] (People's Party) | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 56.98 km2 (22.00 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 981 m (3,219 ft) | |
| Population (2023) | ||
| • Total | 17,063 | |
| • Density | 300/km2 (780/sq mi) | |
| Demonym(s) | guadarrameño, -ña | |
| Website | Guadarrama's Town Council | |
Guadarrama is a town and municipality in the Cuenca del Guadarrama comarca, in the Community of Madrid, Spain.
Its population is 17,063 according to the Continuous Register of 2023;
Its name comes from
Guadarrama achieved the status of "villa" under
This town was absolutely destroyed during the Spanish Civil War, as it was for almost three years a battlefront. All one can see in this town today is new, built in the mid-20th century.
It was the location for some scenes in the 1964 film The Fall of the Roman Empire.
It is close to Sierra de Guadarrama, a mountain range that is visited by Madrid residents seeking cooler temperatures, especially in summer.
See also
References
- ^ "Ayuntamiento de Guadarrama". www.guadarrama.es. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
- ^ "Instituto Nacional de Estadística. (Spanish Statistical Institute)". www.ine.es.
- ^ "Resultados de las Elecciones a Cortes Generales en Guadarrama". Guadarrama Noticias (in Spanish). 23 July 2023. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
- ^ Gulick, Robert L. (1953). Muhammad the Educator. Institute of Islamic Culture. p. 91. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
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