Fuencarral-El Pardo is one of the 21

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that form the city of

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Overview

Fuencarral-El Pardo is the district number 8 and consists of the following neighborhoods: El Pardo (81), Fuentelarreina (82), Peñagrande (83), Pilar (84), La Paz (85), Valverde (86), Mirasierra (87) and El Goloso (88). Despite its being a part of a capital city, El Pardo with its woods and river is an ecologically important landscape. It enjoyed protection from development as a hunting estate associated with the

Royal Palace of El Pardo The Royal Palace of El Pardo (, ) is one of the official residences of the Spanish royal family and one of the oldest, being used by the Spanish monarchs since Henry III of Castile in the 15th century. The palace is owned by the Spanish governme ...

. In the 1980s the European Union designated the ''Monte de El Pardo'' as a

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for bird-life.

Geography

Subdivision

The district is administratively divided into 8 wards (''Barrios''): *

Barrio del Pilar El Pilar is a ward (''barrio'') of Madrid, the capital of Spain, belonging to the district of Fuencarral-El Pardo Fuencarral-El Pardo is one of the 21 Districts of Madrid, districts that form the city of Madrid, Spain. Overview Fuencarral-El Par ...

* El Goloso *

El Pardo El Pardo is a ward (''barrio'') of Madrid belonging to the district of Fuencarral-El Pardo. As of 2008 its population was of 3,656. History The ward was first mentioned in 1405 and in 1950 was an autonomous municipality of the Community of Madrid ...

Fuentelarreina Fuentelarreina is an administrative neighborhood () of Madrid belonging to the district of Fuencarral-El Pardo Fuencarral-El Pardo is one of the 21 Districts of Madrid, districts that form the city of Madrid, Spain. Overview Fuencarral-El Pardo i ...

La Paz La Paz, officially Nuestra Señora de La Paz (Aymara language, Aymara: Chuqi Yapu ), is the seat of government of the Bolivia, Plurinational State of Bolivia. With 755,732 residents as of 2024, La Paz is the List of Bolivian cities by populati ...

* Mirasierra * Peñagrande * Valverde

Education

The new campus of the

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, in Montecarmelo ( ES) in the district, opened in the fall of 2015.El nuevo Colegio Alemán de Madrid, la mayor obra civil alemana del extranjero

. ''

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''. 9 October 2015. Retrieved on 2 April 2016.

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