Central Spain

E381964
geographical region

Central Spain is the inland heartland of the country, encompassing the high Castilian plateau and the capital Madrid, and has historically been a key political and military battleground.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Central Spain canonical 4
Central Plateau of Spain 1
Inland Spain 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region ⓘ
alsoKnownAs inland heartland of Spain ⓘ
borderedBy Sierra Morena ⓘ
Sistema Central ⓘ
Sistema Ibérico ⓘ
capitalCityLocatedIn Madrid ⓘ
climateType Mediterranean with continental influences ⓘ
contains Castile and León ⓘ
Castile-La Mancha ⓘ
Community of Madrid ⓘ
Madrid ⓘ
high Castilian plateau ⓘ
major road and rail corridors radiating from Madrid ⓘ
country Spain ⓘ
dominantLanguage Spanish ⓘ
economicActivity cereal agriculture ⓘ
livestock ranching ⓘ
services sector centered in Madrid ⓘ
elevationFeature Meseta Central ⓘ
hasCharacteristic continental climate tendencies ⓘ
high plateau ⓘ
historical military importance ⓘ
historical political importance ⓘ
inland ⓘ
sparse population in rural areas ⓘ
hasUrbanCenter Cuenca ⓘ
Madrid metropolitan area ⓘ
Salamanca ⓘ
Segovia ⓘ
Toledo ⓘ
Valladolid ⓘ
Ávila ⓘ
historicalCoreOf Castile ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Castile

Spanish monarchy ⓘ
surface form: Spanish Monarchy
historicallyLinkedTo Reconquista ⓘ
Spanish Civil War ⓘ
historicallyServedAs military battleground ⓘ
political battleground ⓘ
hosts national capital of Spain ⓘ
includesHistoricalRegion New Castile ⓘ
Old Castile ⓘ
locatedIn Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
partOf Meseta Central ⓘ
transportHubFor Spain ⓘ
traversedBy Douro River ⓘ
Tagus River ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nationalist offensive of November 1936 → theatreOfWar → Central Spain ⓘ
Valdemoro → region → Central Spain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central Plateau of Spain
Puente de los Franceses → isInRegion → Central Spain ⓘ
El Pardo Reservoir → region → Central Spain ⓘ
Celtiberia → locatedIn → Central Spain ⓘ
this entity surface form: central Iberia
Puerto de Navacerrada → region → Central Spain ⓘ
Valle de la Fuenfría → locatedIn → Central Spain ⓘ
this entity surface form: central Spain
Requena → locatedIn → Central Spain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Inland Spain