Madrid

Madrid (pronoonced: “mah-DRID” or /məˈdrɪd/) is the caipital an mucklest ceety o Spain. The caipital uised tae be Valladolid till 1561.

Madrid is in the middle o Spain, in the Commonty o Madrid. This commonty is a muckle area whilk includes the ceety as weel as smaw touns an veelages ootwi the ceety. 7 million fowk stay in the commonty. Mair nor 3 million stay in the ceety itself. At 655 m (2,100 ft) abuin sea level, it is the heichest caipital o ony European kintra. It haes twa fitbaa teams cried Real Madrid an Atlético Madrid.

Madrid wis ruled bi the Romans frae the 2nt hunderyear. Efter 711AD, it wis ringit bi the Moors. Fae 1083, Catholic keengs ruled the aurie again. Bi the mid-16t hunderyear it haed acome the caipital o a vera muckle empire. Spain wis ruled bi monarchs frae the Hoose o Habsburg, then the Hoose o Bourbon. Efter the Spaingie Ceevil War, it wis ruled bi a dictator (Francisco Franco) til the mid-1970s whan it became a democracy.

As it is the caipital ceety, Madrid is whaur the monarch lives an whaur the govrenment meets an aw.

Madrid is the financial centre o Spain. Mony muckle businesses hae thair main offices thare.

Tho it is a modren ceety, a fair wheen o its history can be seen an felt as a bodie walks alang the streets an in the muckle squares o the ceety. Thare bonnie pairks, famous biggins, airt galleries an concert haws. The simmer months is vera het an the winter months is vera cauld.

 Internaitional relations 

 Pairtner ceeties 
  Paris, Fraunce
  Roum, Italy
  Copenhagen, Denmark,
  Bangkok, Thailand
  Beijing, Cheenae (since 1985)
  Berlin, Germany
  Brussels, Belgium
  Islamabad, Pakistan
  Bordeaux, Fraunce
  Buenos Aires, Argentinae
  Lisbon, Portugal
  Rabat, Morocco
  Moscow, Roushie
  New York Ceety, US
  Lunnon, Unitit Kinrick
  Manila, Philippines
  Nouakchott, Mauritanie
  Prague, Czech Republic
  Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  Sarajevo, Bosnie an Herzegovinae
  Sofia, Bulgarie
  Tripoli, Libie
  Warsaw, Poland

 References 


Category:Caipitals in Europe
Category:European Caipitals o Cultur
Category:Municipalities in the Commonty o Madrid
Category:Populatit places established in the 9t hunderyear
Category:Populatit places in the Commonty o Madrid