Spain

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SPAIN, It is a bi-continental country that is located both in Western Europe and NorthAfrica. In Europe occupying most of the Iberian peninsula, known as mainland Spain and the Balearic Islands archipelago (in the western Mediterranean Sea) in Africa are the cities of Ceuta (on thepeninsula Tingitana) and Melilla (in the Three out of Forcas), the Canary Islands (in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean)

It has an area of 504,645 km ², being the fourth largest country in the continent,after Russia, Ukraine and France.12 With an average altitude of 650 meters is one of the most mountainous countries in Europe. Its population is 47,190,493 inhabitants, according to the 2011 municipalcensus. The mainland shares land borders with France and Andorra to the north, west and Portugal to the British territory of Gibraltar to the south.

MAJOR CITIES

MADRID
BARCELONA
VALENCIABILBAO

CLIMATE
Spain has a very diverse climate throughout its entire territory. Mediterranean character predominates in most of its geography. The southern and Mediterranean coasts have a climatecalled Mediterranean coast which also owns the Valle del Guadalquivir: mild temperatures, abundant rainfall almost all year except summer.


MOUNTAIN SYSTEMS
The relief of Spain is known for beingquite high, with an average elevation of 660 meters, and mountain when compared with other European countries, except for Switzerland, Austria and the microstates of Andorra and Liechtenstein, whoseaverage height is old enough. In mainland Spain, the relief is built around a large central plateau that occupies much of the center of the Iberian Peninsula and has an average altitude of 660 meters.FAUNA AND FLORA
The fauna of Spain presents a wide diversity that is in large part the geographical position of the Iberian peninsula, between the Atlantic and the Mediterranean and between...
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