Alcalá de Henares
city of Spain in the Community of Madrid
Alcalá de Henares is a city in the Community of Madrid, Spain. It is thirty kilometres from Madrid. It has about 200,000 people. There is a university. Miguel de Cervantes, an important Spanish writer, the author of the "Don Quixote", was born there.
Alcalá de Henares | |
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 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Alcalá de Henares in Madrid | |
  Alcalá de Henares  Alcalá de Henares | |
| Coordinates: 40°28′N 3°22′W / 40.467°N 3.367°W | |
| Country | Spain |
| Autonomous community | Community of Madrid |
| Founded | 1st century BC |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Javier Rodríguez Palacios (PSOE) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 87.72 km2 (33.87 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 594 m (1,949 ft) |
| Population (2018)[1] | |
| • Total | 193,751 |
| • Density | 2,200/km2 (5,700/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Alcalaíno -a, complutense |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 28801-28807 |
| Dialing code | (+34) 91 |
| Website | Official website |
| Official name | University and Historic Precinct of Alcalá de Henares |
| Criteria | Cultural: ii, iv, vi |
| Reference | 876 |
| Inscription | 1998 (22nd Session) |
- ↑ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.