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Puerta Bonita (Madrid)

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This article is about the neighborhood in Madrid. For the football club, see CD Puerta Bonita. City neighborhood in Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain
Puerta Bonita
City neighborhood
Location of Puerta Bonita
CountrySpain
RegionCommunity of Madrid
MunicipalityMadrid
DistrictCarabanchel
Area
 • Total1.607994 km (0.620850 sq mi)
Population
 • Total36,157
 • Density22,000/km (58,000/sq mi)

Puerta Bonita is an administrative neighborhood (barrio) of Madrid belonging to the district of Carabanchel. It has an area of 1.607994 km (0.620850 sq mi). With an area of 0.45 km (0.17 sq mi), the Quinta of Vistalegre (a former Royal Site), which is chiefly owned by the regional administration, spreads over much of the neighborhood. The name of the neighborhood (Spanish for "beautiful gate") comes from a former iron gate of the quinta, which was accidentally destroyed in 1982. As of 1 February 2020, it has a population of 36,157.

References

  1. "Callejero vigente. Barrios". Ayuntamiento de Madrid.
  2. "Ayuntamiento y Comunidad estudian abrir al público la Quinta de Vistalegre". Crónica Norte. 23 March 2017.
  3. "Antecedentes y exposición de motivos" (PDF). Boletín Oficial de la Asamblea de Madrid (21): 1688. 27 October 2011.
  4. Medialdea, Sara (19 August 2004). "Puerta Bonita vuelve a Carabanchel, veinte años después de desaparecer". ABC.
  5. "Población por distrito y barrio". Ayuntamiento de Madrid. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
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