Latina is a
district
A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municipa ...
of
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 ...
located in the southwestern corner of the municipality.
Etymology
Its name comes from
Beatriz Galindo
Beatriz Galindo, sometimes spelled Beatrix and also known as La Latina ( – 23 November 1535), was a Spanish Latinist and educator. She was a writer, humanist and a teacher of Queen Isabella of Castile and her children. She was one of the mos ...
, ''La Latina'', teacher of
Isabella I of Castile.
Geography
Position
The district, situated in a southwestern part of the municipality, borders with the following districts:
Carabanchel,
Arganzuela,
Centro
Centro may refer to:
Places Brazil
*Centro, Santa Maria, a neighborhood in Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
* Centro, Porto Alegre, a neighborhood of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
*Centro (Duque de Caxias), a neighborhood of Duq ...
and
Moncloa-Aravaca
Moncloa-Aravaca is a district of the municipality of Madrid, Spain. It is located to the northwest of the city centre, spanning across both banks of the Manzanares. It is made up of the neighborhoods of Aravaca, Argüelles, Casa de Campo, Ciud ...
. It includes the old cross-roads of the
road of Extremadura, and it has several tributary streams to
Manzanares river
The Manzanares () is a river in the centre of the Iberian Peninsula, which flows from the Sierra de Guadarrama, passes through Madrid, and eventually empties into the Jarama river, which in turn is a right-bank tributary to the Tagus.
In its ...
(Luche, Caño Roto etc.).
Subdivision
The district is formed by 7 administrative neighborhoods (''barrios''):
Aluche
Aluche is a barrio of the city of Madrid
Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the second-la ...
,
Campamento,
Cuatro Vientos
Cuatro Vientos is a ward (''barrio'') of Madrid belonging to the district of Latina.
Geography
Cuatro Vientos is situated in the south-western area of central Madrid, close to the motorways A5 and M40 and to the homonymous airport.
External ...
,
Las Águilas
Las Águilas is an administrative neighborhood () of Madrid
Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. I ...
,
Lucero,
Los Cármenes
Los Cármenes is an administrative neighborhood () of Madrid
Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. ...
,
Puerta del Ángel
Puerta del Ángel is a neighborhood (''barrio'') of Madrid
Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. I ...
.
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
![Sede de la CIAIAC (Madrid) 01](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/86/Sede_de_la_CIAIAC_%28Madrid%29_01.jpg)
The
Civil Aviation Accident and Incident Investigation Commission
The Civil Aviation Accident and Incident Investigation Commission ( es, Comisión de Investigación de Accidentes e Incidentes de Aviación Civil, CIAIAC) is the Spanish national agency responsible for air accident investigation. It is a division ...
has its headquarters in Latina.
[Contáctenos]
." Civil Aviation Accident and Incident Investigation Commission. Retrieved on September 17, 2010. "Comisión de Investigación de Accidentes e Incidentes de Aviación Civil: C\ Fruela, 6 28011 Madrid
Direct map link
Direct link to image of headquarters
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Transport
*Cercanías
The commuter rail systems of Spain's major metropolitan areas are called ''Cercanías'' () in most of Spain, ''Rodalia'' () in the Valencian Community, ''Aldiriak'' () in the Basque Country and ''Rodalies'' () in Catalonia. There are twelve ''Ce ...
train line C-5. Stations: Aluche, Cuatro Vientos, Fanjul, Laguna and Las Águilas.
* Madrid Metro: Lines 5 & 10.
Public services, interesting places
*Parque de Aluche.
*Centro Comercial Aluche
*Junta Municipal de Distrito
*Colegio Público de Educación Especial Fray Pedro Ponce de León.
*Polideportivo municipal de Aluche.
References
External links
*Information on Latina a
www.munimadrid.es
*Maps and satellite images a
www.munimadrid.es (PDF document)
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