Latina (Madrid)

Latina
District of Madrid
Church of Santa Cristina
Country	Spain
Aut. community	Madrid
Municipality	Madrid
Government
• Concejal	Nieves Sáez de Adana
Area
• Total	25.41 km2 (9.81 sq mi)
Population	256,644
• Density	10,097.8/km2 (26,153/sq mi)
Madrid district number	10

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.

Geography

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):

• Aluche
• Campamento
• Cuatro Vientos
• Las Águilas
• Lucero
• Los Cármenes
• Puerta del Ángel

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

Civil Aviation Accident and Incident Investigation Commission headquarters

The Civil Aviation Accident and Incident Investigation Commission has its headquarters in Latina.^[1]

Transport

• Cercanías train line C-5. Stations: Aluche, Cuatro Vientos, Fanjul, Laguna and Las Águilas.
• Metro de Madrid: Lines 5 & 10.

Public services, interesting places

• Parque de Aluche or Parque Arias Navarro.
• Centro Comercial Aluche
• Junta Municipal de Distrito
• Colegio Público de Educación Especial Fray Pedro Ponce de León.
• Polideportivo municipal de Aluche.

References

External links

Media related to Latina at Wikimedia Commons

• Information on Latina at www.munimadrid.es (Spanish)
• Maps and satellite images at www.munimadrid.es (PDF document) (Spanish)

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Coordinates: 40°24′41″N 3°42′30″W / 40.411360°N 3.708417°W / 40.411360; -3.708417