Ajalvir () is a town and municipality in the

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Madrid Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the Largest cities of the Europ ...

in central

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, located north-east of

and from Alcalá de Henares. It is located in the comarca of Alcalá. The name Ajalvir is believed to have derived from the

Arabic Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C. E.Watson; Walter ...

''al-jalaoui'', meaning isolated or separated.

Geography

Ajalvir is bordered to the north with Cobeña, to the east with Daganzo de Arriba, to the west with

Paracuellos de Jarama Paracuellos del Jarama is a small town and municipality in the Community of Madrid, Spain. It is located northeast from Madrid and very close to Madrid-Barajas Airport. The etymology of the name is unclear.Javier Nájera Martínez, Luis Yuste Ric ...

and to the south with

Torrejón de Ardoz Torrejón de Ardoz () is a municipality of Spain belonging to the Community of Madrid. The European Union Satellite Centre (SatCen), an agency of the European Union, is located in Torrejón de Ardoz. It is also the location of the headquarters of ...

. The town is crossed right by its centre by a creek, possibly a tributary of the "de la Huelga" stream. The area is slightly hilly, the highest peak is called "Cabeza Gorda" (fat head) of 767 meters, close to the "cerro del tordo" (hill of the thrush).

Bus

* 215: Torrejón de Ardoz-Paracuellos del Jarama. ( ALSA) * 251: Torrejón de Ardoz-Valdeavero-Alcalá de Henares. (ALSA) * 252: Torrejón de Ardoz-Daganzo-Alcalá de Henares. (ALSA) * 254: Valdeolmos/Fuente el Saz-Alcalá de Henares. (ALSA) * 256: Madrid (Canillejas)-Daganzo-Valdeavero. (ALSA) * N204: Madrid (Canillejas)-Paracuellos-Daganzo. (night bus line) (ALSA)

References

External links

* Municipalities in the Community of Madrid {{Madrid-geo-stub