Argüelles is an administrative
neighborhood
A neighbourhood (Commonwealth English) or neighborhood (American English) is a geographically localized community within a larger town, city, suburb or rural area, sometimes consisting of a single street and the buildings lining it. Neigh ...
() of
Madrid
Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 7 million. It i ...
belonging to the district of
Moncloa-Aravaca
Moncloa-Aravaca is a Districts of Madrid, district of the municipality of Madrid, Spain. It is located to the northwest of the city centre, spanning across both banks of the Manzanares River, Manzanares. It is made up of the neighborhoods of Arav ...
. As of 1 July 2019, it had a population of inhabitants. It is 0,755758 km
2 in total area.
History
The neighborhood bears the name of
Agustín Argüelles
Agustín Argüelles (18 August 1776 in Ribadesella, Asturias – 26 March 1844 in Madrid) was a Spanish liberal politician. He served as the 81st and 94th president of the Congress of Deputies.
Biography
He studied Law at the University ...
, the legal guardian of Queen
Isabella II
Isabella II (, María Isabel Luisa de Borbón y Borbón-Dos Sicilias; 10 October 1830 – 9 April 1904) was Queen of Spain from 1833 until her deposition in 1868. She is the only queen regnant in the history of unified Spain.
Isabella wa ...
. The first streets were chiefly named after influential members of the Royal Court. Planned in the mid 19th century, its urbanization started by 1856, on plots part of the
Príncipe Pío hill.
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Moncloa-Aravaca
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