Getafe
Getafe is a city 15 km south of Madrid, in the Community of Madrid, Spain. 158,363 people live there. It has great commercial and industrial activity and many mass media. In Getafe there is a university, a military air base, and has a football team in the first division of the Spanish's League.
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| Coordinates: 40°18′17″N 3°43′52″W / 40.30472°N 3.73111°WCoordinates: 40°18′17″N 3°43′52″W / 40.30472°N 3.73111°W | |
| Country | Spain |
| Region | Community of Madrid |
| Founded | Around 1326 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Sara Hernández Barroso (2015) (PSOE) |
| Area | |
| • Municipality | 78.74 km2 (30.40 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 622 m (2,041 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 704 m (2,310 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 540 m (1,770 ft) |
| Population ()[1] | |
| • Urban | 173,057 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 28901–28909 |
| Website | Official website |
Getafe Media
Ruins of the Roman villa of La Torrecilla.
Engraving of Getafe published in 1878 in La Academia: revista de la cultura hispano portuguesa, latino-Americana.
Getafe's Gran Teatro (Great Theater) at the end of the 19th century.
Cerro Buenavista, or Buenavista hill, the area of highest elevation in the Getafe municipality at 704 meters (2309 ft). There is a deposit of water on the summit of the hill from the canal of Isabel II.
Hill of the Angels, Getafe, (Madrid), Spain
The bank of the Manzanares River.
Lakes of Perales. Because so few remain, these four small lakes are protected.
A park in Getafe on a snowy day.
View from the Cerro de los Ángeles from the middle of the eastern municipal border. Visible are pine trees, olive trees, and extensive wheat fields.
Modern building in the Getafe Norte neighborhood.
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