Latina is a district of Madrid located in the southwestern corner of the municipality.
Its name comes from Beatriz Galindo, La Latina, teacher of Isabella I of Castile.
It includes the old cross-roads of the road of Extremadura, and it has several tributary streams to Manzanares river (Luche, Caño Roto etc.).
The district is formed by 7 administrative neighborhoods (barrios): Aluche, Campamento, Cuatro Vientos, Las Águilas, Lucero, Los Cármenes, Puerta del Ángel.
The Civil Aviation Accident and Incident Investigation Commission has its headquarters in Latina.