Acacias or Las Acacias is an administrative

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(''barrio'') of

Madrid Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 7 million. It i ...

belonging to the district of

Arganzuela Arganzuela is one of the 21 districts of the city of Madrid, Spain. Geography Position Arganzuela is located in central-southern Madrid, separated from Latina, Carabanchel and Usera by the river Manzanares. The other bordering districts are ...

. It has an area of . As of 1 February 2020, it has a population of 37,049.

Geography

Acacias is located in city center and is crossed, at its south-eastern borders, by the river Manzanares. The ward has a

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al form, bordered by the roads '' Calle de Toledo'', ''Ronda de Toledo'', ''Calle de Embajadores'', ''Paseo de Santa María de la Cabeza'' and ''Paseo de la Yeserías'' (parallel to the Manzanares), at the entrance of Arganzuela Park. Acacias borders with the districts of

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(north-west),

Carabanchel Carabanchel is a district of Madrid, Spain. It lies on the southern (right) bank of the Manzanares, spanning southward down to the M-40 ring road. The district is made up of the neighbourhoods of Abrantes, Comillas, Opañel, Puerta Bonita, S ...

(south-east) and with the Arganzuelan wards of Imperial (west), Palos de Moguer (north-east), Las Delicias (a single point in the east) and La Chopera (south-east). Arganzuela district map Some important buildings located at its limits are the Bridge of Toledo (''Puente de Toledo''), between the ''Paseo de la Yeserias'' and the ''Calle de Toledo''; and the Gate of Toledo (''Puerta de Toledo''), between the ''Calle de Toledo'' and the ''Ronda de Toledo''.

Transport

Las Acacias is served by the Metro Line 5 stations of Puerta de Toledo,

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and Pirámides. It is also served by the

Cercanías The commuter rail systems of Spain's major metropolitan areas are called ''Cercanías'' () in most of Spain, ''Rodalia'' () in the Valencian Community, ''Aldiriak'' () in the Basque Country and ''Rodalies'' () in Catalonia. There are twelve ''C ...

(commuter rail) stations of Pirámides and Embajadores.

Photogallery

File:Puerta de Toledo.jpg, The Gate of Toledo File:Puente de Toledo (Madrid) 04b.jpg, The Bridge of Toledo, over the Manzanares, from Arganzuela Park File:Yeserías.jpg, ''Paseo de la Yeserías'' File:Cerca ronda segovia.jpg, Remains of the walls of

Philip IV of Spain Philip IV (, ; 8 April 160517 September 1665), also called the Planet King (Spanish: ''Rey Planeta''), was King of Spain from 1621 to his death and (as Philip III) King of Portugal from 1621 to 1640. Philip is remembered for his patronage of the ...

References

External links

Orthophoto of the district of Arganzuela
(Las Acacias is the n. 22) {{coord, 40, 24, 5.12, N, 3, 42, 17.77, W, display=title Wards of Madrid Arganzuela