Cuatro Caminos (Madrid)

Cuatro Caminos
City neighborhood
Location of Cuatro Caminos
CountrySpain
RegionCommunity of Madrid
MunicipalityMadrid
DistrictTetuán
Area
 • Total
1.193509 km2 (0.460816 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total
35,395
 • Density30,000/km2 (77,000/sq mi)
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Cuatro Caminos is an administrative neighborhood (barrio) of Madrid belonging to the district of Tetuán. It has an area of 1.193509 km2 (0.460816 sq mi).[1] As of 1 February 2020, it has a population of 35,395.[2] It was created as slum of the north of the city, on the east side of the Road of France, currently the calle de Bravo Murillo.[3]

The ward's boundaries are marked by the Calle de Raimundo Fernández Villaverde to the south, the Calle de San Germán (formerly General Yagüe) to the north (separating it from Castillejos); the Glorieta de Cuatro Caminos [es] in the southeast corner, the Calle de Bravo Murillo to the west and the Paseo de la Castellana to the East.[4]

Many of the streets located in the neighborhood are named after Spanish provinces,[5] including Guipúzcoa, Cuenca, Oviedo, Palencia, Jaén, Teruel, Ávila, Salamanca, and La Coruña.[5]

One of the financial districts of Madrid, AZCA, spreads across the southeast of the neighborhood.[6]

See also

References

Citations
  1. ^ "Callejero vigente. Barrios". Ayuntamiento de Madrid.
  2. ^ "Población por distrito y barrio". Ayuntamiento de Madrid. Archived from the original on 4 August 2022. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  3. ^ Cruz Salanova 2019, p. 1085.
  4. ^ Checa Sánchez 1982, p. 167.
  5. ^ a b Ezquerra Abadía 1984, p. 57.
  6. ^ Checa Sánchez 1982, p. 176.
Bibliography

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