Rivas-Vaciamadrid
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Left: H2O mall, av. Almendros monolith, April 19th square, Bellavista park. Right: City hall, city centre, Santa Mónica church, Casco church
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 Rivas-Vaciamadrid
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| Coordinates: 40°20′22″N 3°31′5″W / 40.33944°N 3.51806°W | |||
| Country |
 Spain
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| Region |
 Community of Madrid
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| Comarca | Cuenca del Henares | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Pedro del Cura (United Left) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 67.16 km2 (25.93 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 590 m (1,940 ft) | ||
| Highest elevation | 699 m (2,293 ft) | ||
| Lowest elevation | 525 m (1,722 ft) | ||
| Population (2015) | |||
| • Total | 81,000 | ||
| • Density | 1,200/km2 (3,100/sq mi) | ||
| Demonym(s) | ripenses | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Postal code | 28521, 28522, 28523, 28524 | ||
| Website | www.rivasciudad.es | ||
Rivas-Vaciamadrid (Spanish: [ˈribas baθiamaˈðɾið], locally: [ˈribas baθiamaˈðɾiθ, -ˈðɾi]) is the 15th most populated city in the Community of Madrid, Spain. It belongs to the Madrid metropolitan area and is located just 15 km from central Madrid, to the south-east. In the southern part of the municipality, the Manzanares river flows into the Jarama, which is part of the . Almost three quarters of the municipality form part of the park, making it an important ecological centre with numerous lakes and various species of wildlife and fauna.
It has been one of the fastest growing municipalities in Spain in recent years, growing from 500 inhabitants in the 1980s to its current figure of 84,000. It is bordered to the north by Madrid and San Fernando de Henares, to the south by Arganda del Rey and San Martín de la Vega, to the east by Mejorada del Campo and Velilla de San Antonio, and to the west by Getafe and Madrid (the district of Villa de Vallecas.)
Rivas-Vaciamadrid municipality is the seventh richest in Spain, according to a 2014 list, and has the fourth lowest rate of population in risk of poverty, among municipalities with more than 50,000 inhabitants. It is the most populated city in Spain governed by United Left.
In 1845, the area of Vaciamadrid, previously part of the village of Vallecas, was joined to the town of Rivas, with the unified municipality originally called Ribas de Jarama.
The area was devastated during the Spanish civil war and had to be rebuilt in the post-civil war period. In 1954 the name was changed to its current title. At the end of the 1980s the area was designated as a future nucleus for new urbanisation projects under a project titled Rivas-Urbanizaciones (Rivas-Urbanisations). The first developments were those in the current districts of Pablo Iglesias and Covibar.
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