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Madrid

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Summary

Madrid is a municipality of Spain[1]. Madrid ranks in the top 0.018% of municipality of spain entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (101,444 views/month, #1 of 5,605).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Community of Madrid[3]
  • Country: Spain[4]
  • Head of government: José Luis Martínez-Almeida[5]
  • Continent: Europe[6]
  • Shares border with: Alcorcón[7], Alcobendas[8], Leganés[9], Pozuelo de Alarcón[10], Getafe[11], Rivas-Vaciamadrid[12], San Fernando de Henares[13], Coslada[14], Paracuellos de Jarama[15], San Sebastián de los Reyes[16], Colmenar Viejo[17], Tres Cantos[18], Hoyo de Manzanares[19], Torrelodones[20]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Arganzuela[21], Centro[22], Chamberí[23], Retiro[24], Latina[25], Carabanchel[26], Usera[27], Villaverde[28], Villa de Vallecas[29], Puente de Vallecas[30], Moratalaz[31], Vicálvaro[32], Castellana[33], Moncloa-Aravaca[34]
  • Flag: flag of the City of Madrid[35]
  • Twinned administrative body: Buenos Aires[36], Abu Dhabi[37], Asunción[38], Beijing[39], Berlin[40], Bogotá[41], Bordeaux[42], Budapest[43], Caracas[44], Guatemala City[45], Havana[46], La Paz[47], Lima[48], Lisbon[49]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Madrid include Madrid-Barajas Airport[50], an international airport[51], in Spain[52], founded in 1931[53]; New Madrid[54], a city in the United States[55], in United States[56], founded in 1788[57]; Madrid Conference of 1991[58], a peace conference[59], in Spain[60]; Cuatro Vientos Airport[61], an airport[62], in Spain[63]; Madrid[64], a town in the United States[65], in United States[66]; and Madrid Dome[67], an ice cap[68].

Why It Matters

Madrid has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[69] Madrid is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[70]

Entities named for Madrid include Madrid-Barajas Airport[50], an international airport[51], in Spain[52], founded in 1931[53]; New Madrid[54], a city in the United States[55], in United States[56], founded in 1788[57]; Madrid Conference of 1991[58], a peace conference[59], in Spain[60]; Cuatro Vientos Airport[61], an airport[62], in Spain[63]; Madrid[64], a town in the United States[65], in United States[66]; and Madrid Dome[67], an ice cap[68].

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  40. [42] ↑ . bordeaux.fr. Retrieved . bordeaux.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

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Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [51] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  13. [68] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [69] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [70] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 2d ago · Dodro · 2026-10-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ab', 'abstract', 'ace', 'ady', 'af', 'als', 'am', 'an', 'ang', 'ar', 'arc', 'a
    Sitelink count → 306
    Said to be the same as → Madrid city
    Galiciana authority id → 4663
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Galiciana authority id: 4663"
  2. 5w ago · ທິງ຺ອຣ຺ທິລິອມ຺ປູລຸ · 2026-09-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Capital → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Capital: Madrid city"
  3. 10w ago · Mario988 · 2026-08-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → municipality of Spain
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Instance of: tourist destination"
  4. 13w ago · J 1982 · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14470 → Locations/Madrid
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14470: Locations/Madrid"
  5. 16w ago · Printstream · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14586 → 78492
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14586: 78492, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1782930762135"
  6. 17w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gaycities id → madrid
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Gaycities id: madrid, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/226429050|Madrid (#226429050)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7294|GayCities city]] #mix'n'm"
  7. 18w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → madrid, madrid-spain
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: madrid-spain, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289944420|madrid spain (#289944420)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]"
  8. 18w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → madrid, madrid-spain
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: madrid, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289944419|madrid (#289944419)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'mat"
  9. 19w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → g0003178-Madrid-spanelsko
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: g0003178-Madrid-spanelsko, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
  10. 19w ago · VIGNERON · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/35857|batch #35857]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  11. 19w ago · Mdeazpeitia · 2026-06-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Motto → Fui sobre agua edificada, mis muros de fuego son
    Motto text → {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Fui sobre agua edificada, mis muros
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Motto text: Fui sobre agua edificada, mis muros de fuego son"
  12. 22w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron +8
    Coat of arms → coat of arms of Madrid
    Instance of → municipality of Spain
    Contains the administrative territorial entity → Arganzuela, Centro, Chamberí +14
    + 63 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ Yso id: 109283, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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