It lies on the southern (right) bank of the Manzanares, spanning southward down to the M-40 ring road.

The district is made up of the neighbourhoods of Abrantes, Comillas, Opañel, Puerta Bonita, San Isidro and Vista Alegre.

Carabanchel is among the most diverse neighborhoods in the country, with a large population of immigrants, mostly from North Africa but also some from South America and Eastern Europe, as well as native-born Spaniards.

The local football teams are the RCD Carabanchel, It is the third oldest team in the capital, after Real Madrid and Atlético Madrid, and the thirteenth oldest in Spain and CD Puerta Bonita that reached Segunda División B in 2013.

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