GETAFE

town, Madrid provincia, Madrid comunidad autnoma (autonomous community), central Spain, south of Madrid city. Notable buildings include a large Piarist seminary and the 16th-Century Church of Santa Mara Magdalena, built in the austere style of Juan de Herrera. In the vicinity, the Hill of Los Angeles, with its Sacred Heart monument (1924), is considered the geographic centre of Spain. Getafe is a military aviation centre and manufactures aircraft, radios, and electrical equipment. Pop. (1981) 127,060.