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Comarca de Alcalá is a historical comarca o Castile, locatit in wha is nou the east o the Commonty o Madrid, in Spain.
Alcalá | |
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historical comarca | |
Coat airms | |
Kintra | Spain |
Autonomous commonty | Commonty o Madrid |
Province | Madrid |
Caipital | Alcalá de Henares |
Municipalities | Leet
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Area | |
• Total | 1421.42 km2 (548.81 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 683,942 |
• Density | 480/km2 (1,200/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Lairgest municipality | Alcalá de Henares |
Its heid or caipital ceety is Alcalá de Henares. Offeecially the Commonty o Madrid is no subdividit intae formal comarcas; housomeivver, informally some govrenmental institutions hae defined some shires accordin tae different views. The shire o Alcalá doesna figur in ony o these partitions. The territory is made up bi twa natural sub-shires, La Campiña and Alcarria de Alcalá.
Its name comes frae the Arabic القلعة (Al-Qal'at) whose means "the castle", referrin tae the first o the Muslim castles placit alang the banks o the Henares River.
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