The Madrid flag (Spanish: Bandera de Madrid) is a crimson-red flag with seven white stars in the middle of the flag, four stars at the top, and three stars at the bottom. The crimson-red color, known as the "Castilian color," symbolizes Madrid, which is historically Castilian, and the stars represent the seven administrative areas of the province of Madrid. The height-to-width ratio in the flag is 7:11, and the flag was adopted on December 23, 1983. Madrid is one of the seventeen autonomous communities in Spain. Its capital is Madrid; its population is approximately 6.642 million (2019); and its area is 8,028 km².
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