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
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  ()
• Urban	173,057
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	28901–28909
Website	Official website

Getafe Media

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  Ruins of the Roman villa of La Torrecilla.

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  Engraving of Getafe published in 1878 in La Academia: revista de la cultura hispano portuguesa, latino-Americana.

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  Getafe's Gran Teatro (Great Theater) at the end of the 19th century.

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  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.

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  Hill of the Angels, Getafe, (Madrid), Spain

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  The bank of the Manzanares River.

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  Lakes of Perales. Because so few remain, these four small lakes are protected.

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  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.