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The Comarca de Las Vegas is a informal
comarca A ''comarca'' (, , , ) is a traditional region or local administrative division found in Portugal, Spain, and some of their former colonies, like Brazil, Nicaragua, and Panama. The term is derived from the term ''marca'', meaning a "march, mark ...
, defined by the ''Guía de Turismo Rural y Activo'', edited by Directorate General of Tourism (Consejería de Cultura y Turismo) of the
Community of Madrid The Community of Madrid (; ) is one of the seventeen autonomous communities and 50 provinces of Spain, provinces of Spain. It is located at the heart of the Iberian Peninsula and Meseta Central, Central Plateau (); its capital and largest munici ...
, it covers some and is bound geographically by three rivers
Tajo The Tagus ( ; ; ) is the longest river in the Iberian Peninsula. The river rises in the Montes Universales between Cuenca and Teruel, in mid-eastern Spain, flows , generally westward, and empties into the Atlantic Ocean in Lisbon. Name T ...
,
Tajuña The Tajuña (; from the Latin ''Tagonius'') is a river in central Spain, flowing through the provinces of Guadalajara and Madrid Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has al ...
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 ...
. The capital is
Aranjuez Aranjuez () is a city and municipality of Spain, part of the Community of Madrid. Located in the southern end of the region, the main urban nucleus lies on the left bank of the Tagus, a bit upstream of the discharge of the Jarama. , the munici ...
.


Municipalities in El Comarca de Las Vegas

The comarca comprises several villages and settlements whose surface area and population in the year 2006 was:. :


See also

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Community of Madrid The Community of Madrid (; ) is one of the seventeen autonomous communities and 50 provinces of Spain, provinces of Spain. It is located at the heart of the Iberian Peninsula and Meseta Central, Central Plateau (); its capital and largest munici ...
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List of municipalities in Madrid This is a list of the municipalities in the provinces of Spain, province and autonomous community of Community of Madrid, Madrid, Spain. See also

* * *List of cities in Spain {{Municipalities of Spain Municipalities in the Community of ...


References


External links


Web oficial de la Comarca de Las Vegas

Asociación de Desarrollo Rural Aranjuez-Comarca de las Vegas (ARACOVE)La Guerra Civil en la Comarca de las Vegas
{{coord missing, Spain Comarcas of the Community of Madrid NUTS 2 statistical regions of the European Union States and territories established in 1983