Hortaleza is one of the 21 districts of the city of

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History

Origin

The first recorded human activity in the area of Hortaleza was the existence of a

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ic or semi-nomadic population in the Paleolithic and

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eras, as attested to by the findings of numerous prehistoric tools in sites in the Valdebebas stream and in the historical center of Hortaleza itself, which were discovered at the end of the 19th century by the archaeologist Dr. Javier Pastor Muñoz. The current neighborhood of Hortaleza developed from the old town of , located on the hill formed between the Manzanares and

Jarama Jarama () is a river in central Spain. It flows north to south, and passes east of Madrid where the El Atazar Dam is built on a tributary, the Lozoya River. It flows into the river Tagus in Aranjuez. The Manzanares is a tributary of the Jaram ...

rivers. The village was supplied with water by two streams, the Valdebebas and the Abroñigal. The town was most probably founded in the 13th century, with written attestation of it by 1361. It is believed that the town was founded by

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from Madrid who used it to spend the summer.

Demographics

As of 2005 there were 153,939 residents,Hidalgo, Susana.
Hortaleza, territorio francés
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. '' El País''. 23 January 2005. 17% of the population were minors, and Hortaleza was one of five Madrid districts with the youngest populations. In 2005, persons from France made up 1,424 of the residents, as a French community formed around the

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main campus. In Hortaleza, the French are the third largest foreign group after the Ecuadorians and Colombians, and there are more French speakers in Hortaleza than those of Moroccan Arabic, Peruvian Spanish, and Romanian. There is a French bookshop, Frañol, and a French nursery, Pomme D'Api.

Famous inhabitants

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- there is a monument in Cantabrian Sea Street, at the site of Aragonés' childhood homeUn monolito en Hortaleza recuerda a Luis Aragonés
(in Spanish).

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Geography

Subdivision

The district is administratively divided into six wards (''Barrios''): * Apóstol Santiago * Canillas * Palomas * Pinar del Rey * Piovera * Valdefuentes Foreigners make up 17.31% of the residents of La Piovera, while 6.16% of the residents of Apóstol Santiago were foreigners. Neighborhoods other than La Piovera have smaller foreigner populations. Sanchinarro, an independent community before 1950, is a part of Hortaleza. 13,500 houses were scheduled to be in Sanchinarro in a period around 2005. 11,500 apartment units were planned for Ciudad Aeroportuaria-

Valdebebas Valdebebas () is an urban development under construction in the city of Madrid, Spain near Barajas Airport. It will host around 12,500 apartments and houses for a population of 40,000 inhabitants. The Valdebebas Woodland Park is being constructed w ...

, another development in Hortaleza.

Education

Main campus

Politics

As of 2005 the most voted-for political party in Hortaleza was the People's Party (PP).

References

External links

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