Editing Community of Madrid (section)

=== Autonomous community ===
The creation of the contemporary Community of Madrid was preceded by an intense political debate. Autonomous communities were to be created by one or more provinces with a distinct regional identity. Since the 1833 provincial organization, Madrid was part of the [[historical region]] of [[New Castile (Spain)|New Castile]] along with the provinces of Guadalajara, Toledo, Cuenca and Ciudad Real. Thus, it was first planned that the province of Madrid would be part of the future community of [[Castile–La Mancha]] (which was roughly similar to New Castile, with the addition of [[Province of Albacete|Albacete]]) but with some special considerations as the home of the national capital.<ref name=sinopsis>Sid, Blanca. [http://narros.congreso.es/constitucion/estatutos/sinopsis.jsp?com=74 Sinópsis del estatuto de Autonomía de la Comunidad de Madrid] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091211230846/http://narros.congreso.es/constitucion/estatutos/sinopsis.jsp?com=74 |date=2009-12-11 }}. Gestión Parlamentaria de la Asamblea de la Comunidad de Madrid. Accessed on: 2008-04-08</ref> The other provinces that were to become part of Castile–La Mancha expressed fears of inequality if Madrid were associated with them. These provinces opposed such a special status, and after considering other options for Madrid—like its inclusion in the community of Castile and León or its constitution as an entity similar to a [[federal district]]<ref name=sinopsis/>—it was decided that the province of Madrid would become a single-province autonomous community by virtue of Article 144 of the Constitution, which empowers the Cortes to create an autonomous community in the "nation's interest" even if it did not satisfy the requirement of having a distinct historical identity. Thus, in 1983, the Community of Madrid was constituted and a [[Statute of Autonomy]] was approved taking over all the competences of the old "''Diputación Provincial''" and the new ones the Statute considered.
[[File:Anochecer en Las Tablas (17654810741).jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.85|Sunset in Las Tablas in 2015]]
During the first 25 years of the "autonomic" period, this autonomous community accounted for the biggest [[economic growth]] in Spain, becoming a platform for the internationalisation of the [[Spanish economy]],{{sfn|García Delgado|Carrera Troyano|2008|p=753}} featuring a marked preponderance of the [[Tertiary sector of the economy|service sector]].{{sfn|García Delgado|Carrera Troyano|2008|pp=756-757}} By the turn of the 21st century, a strong boost to the [[Construction|construction sub-sector]] also took place.{{sfn|García Delgado|Carrera Troyano|2008|pp=757-758}} During this period the Community of Madrid stood out due to its role as centre for welcoming immigration,{{sfn|García Delgado|Carrera Troyano|2008|pp=761}} due to its condition as transport node vis-à-vis the Spanish geography,{{sfn|García Delgado|Carrera Troyano|2008|pp=762}} and due to its condition as scientific and cultural centre of the country.{{sfn|García Delgado|Carrera Troyano|2008|pp=763-764}}