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More than 50 million people visit Spain every year, to enjoy the sunshine, the gorgeous beaches ,rich cultural history the music, the art, the bold architecture, and the platefuls of paellaand the rich sangria under the sun that make up Spain’s contagious passion for living.
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• Spain is a country located in South Western Europe


• It is the second-largest countryin the European Union with a total area of 504,030 square kilometers.
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It shares land-based borders with France and Andorra to the North, and Portugal to the west.


• Itborders two different seas, the Mediterranean Sea and the Balearic Sea, and the Atlantic Ocean.
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• Spain has 3 main climatic zones, the MediterraneanClimate, the semiarid climate and the oceanic climate.
• This is a rason that many tourists from all over Europe and the world visit Spain each year
(4)• Population: 47.257.822 ( 2012)
• Languages: Castilian Spanish (official language)
Catalonian, Galician, Valenciano, Vasco (are also official languages in the autonomous communitiesof Catalonia, Galicia, Valencia and Basque Country, respectively)
• Religion: 99% Roman Catholic
Capital: Madrid (5)(6)
The political system of Spain is based on a parliamentarymonarchy, established by the Constitution of 1978


Form of Government: Constitutional Monarchy
Head of State: King Juan Carlos
President: Mariano Rajoy


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Spain is territoriallyorganised into 17 Autonomous Communities. And two autonomous city of Ceuta and Melilla

Each Community is formed by one or several provinces with a common economic and political organisation(8)
Madrid
• Madrid became the capital of Spain in 1561
• Madrid’s population is 3.27 million (2012)
The symbol of the city is a bear nuzzling a...