Capitale: Madrid
Superficie: 504 782 km²
Population: 39 700 000
Devise: 1 US$ =
PIB: 30/14 324$
HDI : 11/934
CPI : 23/6.1
Langues: Espagnol 74%, Catalan 17%, Galicien 7%, Basque 2%
Origines ethniques: Espagnol
Religions: Catholique
Chef d'Etat: Juan Carlos I '75
THE GEOGRAPHICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF SPAIN
Coordinates: 40 00 N, 4 00 W
Location: Southwestern Europe, bordering the Bay of Biscay, Mediterranean Sea, North Atlantic Ocean, and Pyrenees Mountains, southwest of France
Climate: temperate; clear, hot summers in interior, more moderate and cloudy along coast; cloudy, cold winters in interior, partly cloudy and cool along coast
Land Area: 499,542 sq km
Water Area: 5,240 sq km
Total Area: 504,782 sq km
Coastline: 4,964 km
High Elevation: Pico de Teide (Tenerife) on Canary Islands, 3,718 m
Low Elevation: Atlantic Ocean, 0 m
Natural Resources: coal, lignite, iron ore, uranium, mercury, pyrites, fluorspar, gypsum, zinc, lead, tungsten, copper, kaolin, potash, hydropower, arable land .
THE GOVERNMENT RELATED INFORMATION FOR SPAIN
Official Name: Kingdom of Spain
Common Name: Spain
Government Type: parliamentary monarchy
Capital City: Madrid
Independence Day: none (the Iberian peninsula was characterized by a variety of independent kingdoms prior to the Moslem occupation that began in the early 8th Century A. D. and lasted nearly seven centuries; the small Christian redoubts of the north began the reconquest almost immediately, culminating in the seizure of Granada in 1492; this event completed the unification of several kingdoms and is traditionally considered the forging of present-day Spain)
National Holiday: Hispanic Day, October 12th
THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PEOPLE OF SPAIN
Population: 40,077,100
Languages: Castilian Spanish (official) 74%, Catalan 17%, Galician 7%, Basque 2%
Birth Rate: 9 births/1000 population
Death Rate: 9 deaths/1000 population
Female Life Expectancy: 83 years
Male Life Expectancy: 76 years
Total Life Expectancy: 79 years
Superficie: 504 782 km²
Population: 39 700 000
Devise: 1 US$ =
PIB: 30/14 324$
HDI : 11/934
CPI : 23/6.1
Langues: Espagnol 74%, Catalan 17%, Galicien 7%, Basque 2%
Origines ethniques: Espagnol
Religions: Catholique
Chef d'Etat: Juan Carlos I '75
THE GEOGRAPHICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF SPAIN
Coordinates: 40 00 N, 4 00 W
Location: Southwestern Europe, bordering the Bay of Biscay, Mediterranean Sea, North Atlantic Ocean, and Pyrenees Mountains, southwest of France
Climate: temperate; clear, hot summers in interior, more moderate and cloudy along coast; cloudy, cold winters in interior, partly cloudy and cool along coast
Land Area: 499,542 sq km
Water Area: 5,240 sq km
Total Area: 504,782 sq km
Coastline: 4,964 km
High Elevation: Pico de Teide (Tenerife) on Canary Islands, 3,718 m
Low Elevation: Atlantic Ocean, 0 m
Natural Resources: coal, lignite, iron ore, uranium, mercury, pyrites, fluorspar, gypsum, zinc, lead, tungsten, copper, kaolin, potash, hydropower, arable land .
THE GOVERNMENT RELATED INFORMATION FOR SPAIN
Official Name: Kingdom of Spain
Common Name: Spain
Government Type: parliamentary monarchy
Capital City: Madrid
Independence Day: none (the Iberian peninsula was characterized by a variety of independent kingdoms prior to the Moslem occupation that began in the early 8th Century A. D. and lasted nearly seven centuries; the small Christian redoubts of the north began the reconquest almost immediately, culminating in the seizure of Granada in 1492; this event completed the unification of several kingdoms and is traditionally considered the forging of present-day Spain)
National Holiday: Hispanic Day, October 12th
THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PEOPLE OF SPAIN
Population: 40,077,100
Languages: Castilian Spanish (official) 74%, Catalan 17%, Galician 7%, Basque 2%
Birth Rate: 9 births/1000 population
Death Rate: 9 deaths/1000 population
Female Life Expectancy: 83 years
Male Life Expectancy: 76 years
Total Life Expectancy: 79 years
