Fuencarral-El Pardo is one of the 21

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that form the city of

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Overview

Fuencarral-El Pardo is the district number 8 and consists of the following neighborhoods: El Pardo (81), Fuentelarreina (82), Peñagrande (83), Pilar (84), La Paz (85), Valverde (86), Mirasierra (87) and El Goloso (88). Despite its being a part of a capital city, El Pardo with its woods and river is an ecologically important landscape. It enjoyed protection from development as a hunting estate associated with the

Royal Palace of El Pardo The Royal Palace of El Pardo ( es, Palacio Real de El Pardo, ) is one of the official residences of the Spanish royal family and one of the oldest, being used by the Spanish monarchs since Enrique III in the 15th century. It is administered by ...

. In the 1980s the European Union designated the ''Monte de El Pardo'' as a

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for bird-life.

Geography

Subdivision

The district is administratively divided into 8 wards (''Barrios''): * Barrio del Pilar * El Goloso *

El Pardo El Pardo is a ward (''barrio'') of Madrid belonging to the district of Fuencarral-El Pardo. As of 2008 its population was of 3,656. History The ward was first mentioned in 1405 and in 1950 was an autonomous municipality of the Community of Madri ...

* Fuentelarreina *

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* Mirasierra * Peñagrande * Valverde

Education

The new campus of the

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, in Montecarmelo ( ES) in the district, opened in the fall of 2015.El nuevo Colegio Alemán de Madrid, la mayor obra civil alemana del extranjero

. ''

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''. 9 October 2015. Retrieved on 2 April 2016.

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