Madrid is the capital of Spain and is also the largest city in the country. The total population of approximately 3.3 million people of Madrid.
Madrid was recorded as the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin. Madrid metropolitan area is also the third largest in the entire European Union, after London and Paris. The total area of the City of Madrid as a whole 604.3 km².
According to legend Madrid was founded by Ocno Bianor (son of King Tyrrhenius of Tuscany and Mantua) and was named Metragirta or Carpetana Mantua. Other stories, Madrid native named Ursaria (Latin; "land bears"). The name was given because of the large animals in the surrounding forests. Simultaneously strawberry plants (in Spanish called Madroño), the bears became a symbol of the City of Madrid since medieval times.
The earliest record of the name of the city, which is derived from the name Magerit fortress built on the banks of the ninth century AD Manzaranes. Magerit name meaning is "a place where the water is abundant".
Nowadays, most people believe the name of the town began its history of the 2nd century BC. Roman ruler sat was to build settlements on the banks of the River Manzaranes. The first name of the village is matrice (referring to the river that crossed the settlement).
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