Madrid (Spanish: Madrid) is the capital and largest city of Spain and the capital of Community of Madrid. It is located in the middle of Spain, and the Manza Nares River runs through the city. The population of the city is about 3.4 million, and the population of the capital circle is about 627 1 0,000 (2010), ranking first in Spain. Founded in the 9th century, it developed on the site of Magritte, a Moorish border trade post. 156 1 year, King Philip II of Spain moved his capital from Toledo, which developed rapidly because of its special status and became the logistics center of the Spanish colonial empire in the future. Now it ranks alongside Barcelona as Spain's two major foreign cultural windows.

Madrid is also the commercial center and "headquarters economy" center of Spain. Located in the middle of Meseta Plateau in Iberian Peninsula, in the intermountain plateau basin at the southeast foot of Gua Dalama Mountains, it is 670 meters above sea level. The southern part can be connected with the Gibraltar Strait, which is separated from the African continent by water, and the Pyrenees Mountains in the northern part can directly reach the hinterland of Europe. Its geographical position is very important, and it has been called "the gateway to Europe" because of its strategic position in history.