Las Acacias (Madrid)
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Las Acacias is a ward 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...

 belonging to the district of Arganzuela
Arganzuela
Arganzuela is one of the 21 districts of the city of Madrid, Spain.-Position:Arganzuela is located in central-southern Madrid, separated from Latina, Carabanchel and Usera by the river Manzanares...

. Its code number is 22 and, as of 2006, its population was of 37,727.

Geography

Acacias is located in city center and is crossed, at its south-eastern borders, by the river Manzanares. The ward has a pentagon
Pentagon
In geometry, a pentagon is any five-sided polygon. A pentagon may be simple or self-intersecting. The sum of the internal angles in a simple pentagon is 540°. A pentagram is an example of a self-intersecting pentagon.- Regular pentagons :In a regular pentagon, all sides are equal in length and...

al form, bordered by the roads Calle de Toledo, Ronda de Toledo, Calle de Embajadores, Paseo de Santa Maria de la Cabeza and Paseo de la Yeserías (parallel to the Manzanares), at the entrance of Arganzuela Park.

Acacias borders with the districts of Centro
Centro (Madrid)
Centro is the central district of the city of Madrid, Spain. It is approximately 5,23 km² in size. It has a population of 148,714 and a population density of 28434,8/km².-Subdivision:The district is administratively divided into 6 wards :...

 (north-west), Carabanchel
Carabanchel
Carabanchel is a district in the south western suburbs of Madrid, Spain.-Overview:The area was the scene of fierce fighting during the Spanish Civil War -especially in November 1936, during the Battle of Madrid, when Nationalist troops tried to fight their way into the area. Unacustomed to street...

 (south-east) and with Arganzuelan wards of Imperial (west), Palos de Moguer (north-east), Las Delicias (a single point in the east) and La Chopera (south-east).

Some important buildings located at its limits are the Bridge of Toledo
Bridge of Toledo (Madrid)
The Bridge of Toledo is a bridge located in Madrid, Spain. It was declared Bien de Interés Cultural in 1956....

 (Puente de Toledo), between the Paseo de la Yeserias and the Calle de Toledo; and the Gate of Toledo
Gate of Toledo
The Gate of Toledo is a gate located in Madrid, Spain. It was declared Bien de Interés Cultural in 1996....

 (Puerta de Toledo), between the Calle de Toledo and the Ronda de Toledo.

Transport

Las Acacias is served by the Metro
Madrid Metro
The Madrid Metro is a metro system serving the city of Madrid, capital of Spain. The system is the sixth longest metro in the world though Madrid is approximately the fiftieth most populous metropolitan area in the world...

 Line 5
Line 5 (Madrid Metro)
Line 5 of the Madrid Metro originally opened between Callao and Carabanchel on 5 June 1968, the latter sharing station platforms with then called Line S On 2 March 1970, the line was extended from Callao to Ciudad Lineal, however the section between Ventas and Ciudad Lineal was opened as part of...

 stations of Puerta de Toledo, Acacias and Pirámides. It is also served by the Cercanías
Cercanías Madrid
Cercanías Madrid is the commuter rail service that serves Madrid, the capital of Spain, and its metropolitan area. It is operated by Cercanías Renfe, the commuter rail division of RENFE, the former monopoly of rail services in Spain. The system is infamous for being the target of the 11 March 2004...

(commuter rail) stations of Pirámides and Embajadores.

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