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  1. 1998 (22nd Session) Alcalá de Henares ( Spanish pronunciation: [alkaˈla ðe eˈnaɾes] ⓘ) is a Spanish city in the Community of Madrid. Straddling the Henares River, it is located 31 kilometres (19 miles) to the northeast of the center of Madrid. [2] As of 2018, it has a population of 193,751, making it the region's third-most populated ...

  2. Alcalá de Henares es una ciudad española perteneciente a la Comunidad de Madrid. Su término municipal se extiende sobre la comarca natural de La Campiña, aunque parte de este se extiende sobre La Alcarria. Tiene una población de 199 184 habitantes ( INE 2023), y una superficie de 87,99 km². [ 3] .

  3. Alcalá de Henares is the birthplace of the author Miguel de Cervantes (who in his great novel Don Quixote referred to the city as the Great Complute), the emperor Ferdinand I, and Catherine of Aragon (first wife of the English king Henry VIII). The city contains the unique Gothic church of San Justo (built 1136 and called La Magistral), which ...

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