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Spain

Kingdom of Spain

Flag

Coat of arms

Motto: "Plus Ultra"

(Latin)

"Further Beyond"

Anthem: "Marcha Real"

(Spanish)[note 1]

"Royal March"

Location of Spain

(dark green)

– on the European continent

(light green & dark grey)

– in the European Union

(light green) — [Legend]

Capital

(and largest city)

Madrid

40°26′N 3°42′W

Official languages Spanish (Castilian)

Recognised

regional languages

Ethnic groups

Aranese, Basque,

Catalan/Valencian and

Galician

89% Spanish, 11%

minority immigrant

groups

Demonym

Government

- King

- Prime Minister

Formation

- Unification

-

de facto

-

de jure

EU accession

Spanish, Spaniard

Parliamentary democracy

and Constitutional

monarchy

Juan Carlos I

José Luis Rodríguez

Zapatero

15th century

1469

1716

1812

1 January 1986

Area

- Total

- Water (%)

504,030 km2 (51st)

195,364 sq mi

1.04

Population

- 2007 estimate 45,200,737(28th)

- Density

GDP (PPP)

- Total

- Per capita

GDP (nominal)

- Total

- Per capita

Gini (2005)

HDI (2005)

Currency

Time zone

- Summer (DST)

Date formats

Drives on the

Internet TLD

90 people/km2 (106th)

231/sq mi

2007 estimate

$1,351 trillion(11th)

$30,118(IMF) (27th)

2007 estimate

$1,439 trillion (8th)

$32,089(IMF) (26th)

32

0.949 (high) (13th)

Euro (€) (EUR)

CET[note 4] (UTC+1)

CEST (UTC+2)

(Spanish; CE)

(Basque)

Right

.es

- Dynastic union 1516

Calling code 34

Spain /ˈspeɪn/ is a country located in southwestern Europe on the

Iberian Peninsula. Its mainland is bordered to the south and east by the

Mediterranean Sea except for a small land boundary with Gibraltar; to the

north by France, Andorra, and the Bay of Biscay; and to the west by the

Atlantic Ocean and Portugal. Spanish territory also includes the Balearic

Islands in the Mediterranean, the Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean off

the African coast, and two autonomous cities in North Africa, Ceuta and

Melilla, that border Morocco. With an area of 504,030 km², Spain is the

second largest country in Western Europe after France.

Because of its location, Spain has been subject to many external

influences, often simultaneously, since prehistoric times. At certain times,

the country itself has been an important source of influence to other

regions. Archaeological and genetic evidence strongly suggests that the

Iberian Peninsula acted as one of three major refugia from which northern

Europe was repopulated following the end of the last ice age. It was also

the seat of of a global empire that has left a legacy of over 400 million

Spanish speakers today. The combination of external influences with the

interactions of the culturally and politically differentiated regions of the

rugged peninsula has produced a dramatic history; typified by alternating

periods of unity and disunity, under very different regimes.

Spain is a democracy organised in the form of a parliamentary

government under a constitutional monarchy. It is a developed country

with the eighth largest economy in the world based on nominal is

a member of the European Union and NATO.