Spain Country Info - Europe

Description and Basic Information

Spain with its capital Madrid is located in Europe (Southwestern Europe, bordering the Mediterranean Sea). It covers some 504,783 square kilometres (slightly more than twice the size of Oregon) with 40,491,000 citizens. Spanish, Catalan, Gallegan and Basque are languages spoken by the majority in Spain (consider regional differences). Andorra, Portugal, Gibraltar, France and Morocco are bordering countries.

Spain is a diverse country sharing the Iberian Peninsula with Portugal at the western end of the Mediterranean Sea. It is the country with the second-largest number of UNESCO World Heritage Sites, after Italy, and the largest number of World Heritage Cities.Spain is considered an exotic country in Europe due to its friendly inhabitants, relaxed lifestyle, its cuisine, vibrant nightlife, and world-famous folklore and festivities. Among many places worth visiting are Spain's thriving capital Madrid, the vibrant coastal city of Barcelona, the famous Running of the Bulls at Pamplona, major Andalusian cities with Islamic architecture, like Seville, Granada and Córdoba, the Way of St. James and the idyllic Balearic and Canary Islands.

Pictures from Capital (Madrid)

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About Spain

The terrain offers large, flat to dissected plateau surrounded by rugged hills having Pyrenees Mountains in north. The average density of population is about 80 per km². The climate in Spain can be described as temperate with clear, hot summers in interior, more moderate and cloudy along coast, cloudy, cold winters in interior, partly cloudy and cool along coast. Possible natural disasters include periodic droughts, occasional flooding.

To reach someone in Spain dial +34 prior to a number. There are 20,057,000 installed telephones. And there are 50,991,000 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks operate on frequencies of 900, 1800 Mhz. Websites typically end with the top level domain ".es". If you want to bring electric appliances (e.g. battery charger), keep in mind the local 230V - 50Hz. The following list are the 19 regions/states in Spain we know off.

Demographic Statistics

In the year 2010, the total Spanish population grew at a rate of 0.05% (or by 18,247 citizens). With 408,731 deaths and 386,835 babies born, the natural increase rate lies at -0.05%. 40,143 persons more in total immigrated to the country than emmigrated.

An overview of age distribution in Spain: Each pair of bars represents a single age group (male/female). Each group is spanning 5 years. E.g. 0 to 5 years, 5 to 10 etc. and group "0 to 5" being at the left end and "100 +" at the right end of the chart.

Based on content from wikitravel.org. The original article can be found here based on the work of these users.
Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.