Population 256,644 Area 25.41 km² | Aut. community Madrid Madrid district number 10 | |
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Latina is one of the districts of Madrid. Different from La Latina area in the district of Centro, its name comes from Beatriz Galindo La Latina.
Contents
- Map of Latina Madrid Spain
- Position
- Subdivision
- History
- Government
- Transport
- Public services interesting places
- References
Map of Latina, Madrid, Spain
Position
The district, situated in a southwestern suburb of Madrid, borders with the following districts: Carabanchel, Arganzuela, Centro and Moncloa-Aravaca. It includes the old cross-roads of the road of Extremadura, and it has several tributary streams to Manzanares river (Luche, Caño Roto etc.).
Subdivision
The district is administratively divided into 7 wards (Barrios):
History
The district is found over Quaternary terrains. There are several promontories in the ground: Bermejo, Cerro de la Piedra, Cerro de los Alemanes, Cerro de los Cuervos, Cerro de la Mica (the highest one) and Cerro Almodóvar.
The district was included in the 1845 administrative division of Madrid in 10 districts. It included all the so-called los Carabancheles districts which were added to the city of Madrid as the district of Carabanchel in 1948. In 1971 that district was divided in the three current districts: Usera, Carabanchel and Latina.
Government
The Civil Aviation Accident and Incident Investigation Commission has its headquarters in Latina.