Madrid (pronounced /ma?ð?id/ in Spanish; in English) is the capital and largest city of Spain.http://www.ine.es/ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (National Statistics Institute) Residents are called Madrileños (madrilenians). The city is located on the river Manzanares in the center of the country, between the autonomous communities of Castile and León and Castile-La Mancha. Due to its economic output, standard of living, and market size, Madrid is considered the major financial center of the Iberian Peninsula; it hosts the head offices of the vast majority of the major Spanish companies, as well as the headquarters of three of the world's 100 largest companies (Telefónica, Repsol-YPF, Endesa). As the capital city of Spain, seat of government, and residence of the Spanish monarch, Madrid is also the political center of Spain. The current mayor is Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón, of the conserva

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