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Tres Cantos
Spain, also known as Kingdom of Spain, is one of the oldest inhabited regions on the planet. It is a country which is located in Southern Europe, and politically organized as a parliamentary monarchy. It is the largest sovereign nation of the three nations that make up the Iberian Peninsula. Administratively, Spain is divided into 50 provinces, grouped into 17 autonomous communities and 2 autonomous cities with a high degree of autonomy. The name Spain comes from the Latin name Hispania whose capital is Madrid which is also the largest city of the Country.
Tres Cantos is a township and municipality located in the autonomous community of Madrid, Spain, around 22 kilometers north of the capital city, Madrid. As a satellite city of Madrid which was conceived by urban planners as recently as the 1970s, it is the youngest incorporated municipality in Spain, with a population of around 39,000 in 2004 according to the National Statistics figures.
This community was first commissioned by the government of Francisco Franco in 1971 to be established on rural land ceded by the city of Colmenar Viejo. Its residential occupation began from 1982, and in 1991 it was incorporated as a separate municipality. The township is designed around a central artificial lake and parklands, with designated areas called as sectors assigned for municipal, residential and industrial purposes. It has many parks, fountains, green pedestrian zones and quite a few municipal services such as a cultural centre, community library and town hall. There are two large Catholic parishes in the city, one Baptist church and one Pentecostal.
Its main economic activity is derived from the continuation of various high-tech factories and headquarters in designated zones that include from the aerospace, pharmaceutical and computing industries. Tres Cantos enjoys a very good reputation amongst worldwide travelers and hence is one of the most visited places in Spain.
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