Soto del Real
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 Soto del Real
Location in Spain
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| Coordinates: 40°45′15″N 3°47′0″W / 40.75417°N 3.78333°WCoordinates: 40°45′15″N 3°47′0″W / 40.75417°N 3.78333°W | ||
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 Spain
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| Autonomous community |
 Madrid
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| Province | Madrid | |
| Comarca | Cuenca Alta del Manzanares | |
| Judicial district | Colmenar Viejo | |
| Founded | See text | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Juan Lobato Gandarias (PSOE) | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 42.17 km2 (16.28 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 921 m (3,022 ft) | |
| Highest elevation | 2,119 m (6,952 ft) | |
| Lowest elevation | 890 m (2,920 ft) | |
| Population (2009) | ||
| • Total | 8,294 | |
| • Density | 200/km2 (510/sq mi) | |
| Demonym(s) | Sotorrealeño, ña | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| Postal code | 28791 | |
| Dialing code | 847 | |
| Official language(s) | Spanish | |
| Website | Official website | |
Soto del Real, whose former name was Chozas de la Sierra, is a town and municipality in the northern area of the autonomous Community of Madrid which had 8,294 inhabitants in 2009.
43 kilometers away from Madrid, the capital city, it is located between the towns of Manzanares el Real and Miraflores de la Sierra, and close to the Santillana reservoir.
It is located in the north of the Community of Madrid, in Spain, in the centre of the Iberian Peninsula. The municipality has an elongated shape that goes from Northwest to Southeast, and the majority of it is protected inside the Parque Regional de la Cuenca Alta del Manzanares.
It borders with Manzanares el Real on the West, Miraflores de la Sierra on the East, Colmenar Viejo on the South, and Rascafría on the North.
Soto del Real encompasses a variety of terrains: mountain tops, slopes, and the Manzanares-Guadalix tectonic pit. The urban nucleus is inside the pit, going through the Mediano, Chozas and Matarrubias streams, which flow into the Santillana reservoir, so they are tributaries of the Manzanares river.
Geologically speaking, it is divided into the Mountain range, where there is a predominance of Gneiss with granite outcrops, and the pit formed by a tertiary sedimentary fill. Furthermore, in the South area there is limestone from the Mesozoic era.
The first evidence of settlements in Soto del Real dates from the 10th century, with archeological remains of houses and ceramics attributed to shepherds.
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