Madrid is the capital of Spain and the largest municipality in both the Community of Madrid and Spain as a whole. The city has almost 3.166million inhabitants with a metropolitan area population of approximately 6.5 million. It is the third-largest city in the European Union (EU) after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan area is the third-largest in the EU after those of London and Paris. The municipality itself covers an area of .

Madrid lies on the River Manzanares 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 Leon and Castile-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 the country. The current mayor is Manuela Carmena from Ahora Madrid.

The Madrid urban agglomeration has the third-largest GDP in the European Union and its influences in politics, education, entertainment, environment, media, fashion, science, culture, and the arts all contribute to its status as one of the world's major global cities. Madrid is home to two world-famous football clubs, Real Madrid and Atletico de Madrid. Due to its economic output, high standard of living, and market size, Madrid is considered the major financial centre of Southern Europe and the Iberian Peninsula; it hosts the head offices of the vast majority of major Spanish companies, such as Telefonica, IAG or Repsol. Madrid is the 17th most liveable city in the world according to Monocle magazine, in its 2014 index.

Answer this series of questions:

1. What famous athletic clubs is Madrid home to?
2. What river is it on?
3. What country is it the capital of?
4. How many people are in its metropolitan area?
5. And in the city?
6. What other two cities are larger than it in the European Union?
7. What is it considered the major financial center of?
8. What is one major Spanish company in the city?
9. Who named it the 17th most liveable city?
10. In what year?
11. Whose the mayor now?
12. Where's he from?
13. What does the municipality cover?
14. What borders the Community of Madrid?
15. Does the Spanish monarch live in Madrid?
16. What does it have the third largest of in the European Union?
17. What position does its GDP have in the European Union?
18. Can you name a couple things that Madrid influences?
19. What do they contribute to?
1. Real Madrid and Atletico de Madrid
2. the River Manzanares
3. Spain
4. 6.5 million
5. 3.166million
6. London and Berlin
7. Southern Europe and the Iberian Peninsula
8. Telefonica
9. Monocle magazine
10. 2014
11. Manuela Carmena
12. Ahora Madrid.
13. unknown
14. the autonomous communities of Castile and Leon and Castile-La Manch
15. yes
16. It is the third-largest city
17. third
18. politics, education, entertainment
19. the world