Jarama
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Jarama ({{#invoke:IPA|main}}) is a river in central Spain. It flows north to southTemplate:Citation needed and passes east of Madrid<ref name=":0">Template:Cite book</ref> where the El Atazar Dam is built on a tributary, the Lozoya River.Template:Citation needed It flows into the river Tagus in Aranjuez.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> The Manzanares is a tributary of the Jarama.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
The Jarama in historyEdit
{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} 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.<ref name=":0" />
The song Jarama Valley, with lyrics referencing the battle, became popular among the Republican battalions.
In fictionEdit
Template:Unref-section 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.