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Madrid - Spain

Madrid Province: Madrid Country: Spain

Madrid By The Numbers:

Population: 3 million Land Area: 236 square miles/ 611 square kilometres Average Annual Rainfall: 17 inches/ 43 centimetres Average January Temperature: 42 degrees F/ 6 degrees C Average July Temperature: 75 degrees F/ 24 degrees C

Quick Facts:

Major Industries: Textiles, Tourism Electricity: 220 volts, 60 Hz; standard two-pin plug Time Zone: GMT + 1 Country Dialing Code: 34 Area Code: 91

Did You Know?

Madrid towers as Europe's second highest capital at 2,100 feet/640 metres.

Orientation:

Madrid, Spain's capital, sits in the centre of the country which resembles an obese peninsula. Pamplona, with its bull rampaging streets, lies 253 miles/407 kilometres north near the border of France. Barcelona basks 385 miles/620 kilometres northeast along the Mediterranean coast. Seville, near the Strait of Gibraltar, lies 287 miles/462 kilometres south, and the Mediterranean Sea splashes 218 miles/351 kilometres directly east.