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Coordinates: 40°1′51″N 3°38′59″W / 40.03083°N 3.64972°W / 40.03083; -3.64972

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Jarama
👁 Image Jarama River in Titulcia
👁 Image Path of the Jarama
Location
Country	Spain
State	Guadalajara, Madrid
Region	Iberian Peninsula
Physical characteristics
Source	Peña Cebollera
• location	Sierra de Ayllón
• coordinates	41°9′58″N 3°32′18″W / 41.16611°N 3.53833°W / 41.16611; -3.53833
• elevation	2,119 m (6,952 ft)
Mouth	Tagus
• location	near Aranjuez
• coordinates	40°1′51″N 3°38′59″W / 40.03083°N 3.64972°W / 40.03083; -3.64972
• elevation	494 m (1,621 ft)
Length	194 km (121 mi)
Basin size	5,047 km² (1,949 sq mi)
Discharge
• average	31.7 m³/s (1,120 cu ft/s)
Basin features
Progression	‹See Tfd› Tagus→ Atlantic Ocean
River system	Tagus
Tributaries
• left	Henares, Tajuña
• right	Lozoya, Guadalix, Manzanares
Tagus Basin

Jarama (Spanish pronunciation: [xaˈɾama]) is a river in central Spain. It flows north to south^{[citation needed]} and passes east of Madrid^[1] where the El Atazar Dam is built on a tributary, the Lozoya River.^{[citation needed]} It flows into the river Tagus in Aranjuez.^[2] The Manzanares is a tributary of the Jarama.^[3]

The Jarama in history

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The Jarama was the scene of fierce fighting in 1937 during the Spanish Civil War. Nationalist forces crossed the river in an attempt to cut the main road from Madrid to the Republican capital at Valencia. Nationalist forces led by Spanish Legionnaires and Moroccan soldiers (Regulares) of the Army of Africa were confronted by forces from the Republic including the 15th International Brigade.^[1]

The song Jarama Valley, with lyrics referencing the battle, became popular among the Republican battalions.

In fiction

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El Jarama is a 1955 novel by Rafael Sánchez Ferlosio about a group of working-class youngsters from Madrid meeting for a picnic by the river on a summer day. Its realistic dialog renovated Spanish novels, and it won the Premio Nadal (Nadal Prize) in 1955.