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Alcorcón Destination Guide

Delve into Alcorcón in Spain

Alcorcón in the region of Madrid with its 167,967 residents is a city in Spain - some 8 mi or ( 13 km ) South-West of Madrid , the country's capital .

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Current time in Alcorcón is now 06:15 PM (Wednesday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Madrid " with a UTC offset of 1 hours. Depending on your travel modalities, these larger destinations might be interesting for you: Villarrobledo, Toledo, Segovia, Salamanca, and Parla. While being here, make sure to check out Villarrobledo . We encountered some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you curious about the possible sightseeing spots and facts in Alcorcón ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Criado - Alfaro - Guerrero - Gloria JMJ

4:19 min by PapalMusic
Views: 21248 Rating: 5.00

Apostolic Journey to Madrid (Spain) on the occasion of the 26th World Youth Day Viaggio Apostolico a Madrid (Spagna) in occasione della XXVI Giornata Mondiale della Gioventù Viaje apostólico a Madrid ..

Geografía Langue Valle Honduras (Subtitler)

6:16 min by Yasir Tovar
Views: 19179 Rating: 0.00

Este es la Geografía de un pueblo, ubicado en el departamento de valle, el SUR de nuestro querido pais ___"" HONDURAS""_____ ..


Cristo Resucitó

4:58 min by PapalMusic
Views: 7087 Rating: 5.00

Apostolic Journey to Madrid (Spain) on the occasion of the 26th World Youth Day Viaggio Apostolico a Madrid (Spagna) in occasione della XXVI Giornata Mondiale della Gioventù Viaje apostólico a Madrid ..

Domenico Bartolucci - Tu es Petrus

6:51 min by PapalMusic
Views: 6573 Rating: 5.00

Apostolic Journey to Madrid (Spain) on the occasion of the 26th World Youth Day Viaggio Apostolico a Madrid (Spagna) in occasione della XXVI Giornata Mondiale della Gioventù Viaje apostólico a Madrid ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Alcorcón

Alcorcón is a city in the metropolitan area of Madrid, Spain; As of 2010, it had a population of 168,229. It is located in the autonomous community of Madrid in central Spain. It is located 13 km to the south-west of Madrid. The site appears to have been inhabited since prehistoric times. The name is of Arabic origin, but little is known of Alcorcón before the Reconquista. An early written reference to Alcorcón is in a medieval document that dates from 28 July 1208.

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Located at 40.35 -3.83 (Lat./Long.); Less than 1 km away
Tags: Alcorcón, Municipalities in the Community of Madrid, Populated places in Madrid

King Juan Carlos University

King Juan Carlos University (Spanish: Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, URJC) is one of the top universities of Spain and commonly known by its Spanish initials URJC or as "la Rey Juan Carlos". URJC is a Spanish public university located in the Southern area of the Community of Madrid, with four campuses at Móstoles, Alcorcón, Vicálvaro and Fuenlabrada. It's named after king Juan Carlos I of Spain.

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Located at 40.34 -3.88 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Tags: Educational institutions established in 1996, Móstoles, Universities in the Community of Madrid

Cuatro Vientos Airport

Madrid-Cuatro Vientos Airport, also known as Cuatro Vientos Airport, is the oldest Spanish airport and one of the three civil airports of Madrid along with Madrid-Barajas and Torrejón Air Base. The airport is located 8 km south-west of the city down-town. The name "Cuatro Vientos" translates into English as "Four Winds. " Cuatro Vientos was originally an air base, which later became also a civil airport.

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Located at 40.37 -3.79 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Tags: Airports in the Community of Madrid

Cuatro Vientos

Cuatro Vientos is a ward (barrio) of Madrid belonging to the district of Latina.

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Located at 40.38 -3.79 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
Tags: Wards of Madrid

Supercomputing and Visualization Center of Madrid

The Supercomputing and Visualization Center of Madrid (CeSViMa) also called Madrid Supercomputing and Visualization Center (In Spanish, Centro de Supercomputación y Visualización de Madrid) depends on the Computer Science Faculty of the Technical University of Madrid. This center houses Magerit, one of the most powerful supercomputers in Spain. This center is a member of the Spanish Supercomputing Network, the Spanish e-Science Network and the Madrid Laboratories and Infraestructures Network.

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Located at 40.40 -3.83 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
Tags: Research institutes in the Community of Madrid, Supercomputer sites, Technical University of Madrid

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