Puerta Bonita (Madrid)

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{{Infobox settlement

| name = Puerta Bonita

| settlement_type = City neighborhood

| image_skyline = (Puerta Bonita) Vista aérea de Madrid (España) 02 (cropped).jpg

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Spain

| subdivision_type1 = Region

| subdivision_name1 = Community of Madrid

| subdivision_type2 = Municipality

| subdivision_name2 = Madrid

| subdivision_type3 = District

| subdivision_name3 = Carabanchel

| area_total_km2 = 1.607994

| population_total = 36157

| population_as_of = 2020

| population_density_km2 = auto

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Puerta Bonita is an administrative neighborhood (barrio) of Madrid belonging to the district of Carabanchel. It has an area of {{cvt|1.607994|km2}}.{{Cite web|title=Callejero vigente. Barrios|url=https://datos.madrid.es/datosabiertos/BDC/CALLEJERO_VIGENTE/BARRIOS/2018/09/CALLEJERO_VIGENTE_BARRIOS_201809.txt|publisher=Ayuntamiento de Madrid}} With an area of {{cvt|0.45|km2}}, the Quinta of Vistalegre (a former Royal Site), which is chiefly owned by the regional administration, spreads over much of the neighborhood.{{Cite journal|url=https://www.cronicanorte.es/ayuntamiento-y-comunidad-estudian-abrir-al-publico-la-quinta-de-vistalegre/111732|journal=Crónica Norte|title=Ayuntamiento y Comunidad estudian abrir al público la Quinta de Vistalegre|date=23 March 2017}}{{Cite journal|title=Antecedentes y exposición de motivos|journal=Boletín Oficial de la Asamblea de Madrid|page=1688|issue=21|date=27 October 2011|url=https://www.asambleamadrid.es/static/doc/publicaciones/BOAM_9_00021.pdf}} The name of the neighborhood (Spanish for "beautiful gate") comes from a former iron gate of the quinta, which was accidentally destroyed in 1982.{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.es/espana/madrid/abci-puerta-bonita-vuelve-carabanchel-veinte-anos-despues-desaparecer-200408190300-9623161906412_noticia.html|website=ABC|title=Puerta Bonita vuelve a Carabanchel, veinte años después de desaparecer|date=19 August 2004|first=Sara|last=Medialdea}} As of 1 February 2020, it has a population of 36,157.{{Cite web|url=http://www-2.munimadrid.es/TSE6/control/seleccionDatosBarrio|publisher=Ayuntamiento de Madrid|title=Población por distrito y barrio|access-date=11 March 2020}}

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Category:Wards of Madrid

Category:Carabanchel