Ajalvir
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Ajalvir is a town and municipality in the Community of Madrid in Spain
, located 26 kilometers north of Madrid
and 12 kilometers from Alcalá de Henares
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The name Ajalvir is believed to have derived from the arabic al-jalaoui, meaning isolated or separated.
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
, located 26 kilometers north of Madrid
Madrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
and 12 kilometers from Alcalá de Henares
Alcalá de Henares
Alcalá de Henares , meaning Citadel on the river Henares, is a Spanish city, whose historical centre is one of UNESCO's World Heritage Sites, and one of the first bishoprics founded in Spain...
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The name Ajalvir is believed to have derived from the arabic al-jalaoui, meaning isolated or separated.