In the United States some of its citizens do not know that Spain is a European country.

Location


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Capital ---------> Madrid
Language ----------> Spanish
Denomyn ----------> Spanish/Spaniard
Form of Government -------> Parliamentary monarchy
President ----------> Mariano Rajoy
GDP ---------------------> 13º in the world
HDI -------------------------> 23º in the World
Currency -----------------> Euro
Member of: ---------------> UN, EU, NATO, WTO, G-20


Spain is a sovereign state and a member of the European Union 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 the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar, to the north and north east by France, Andorra, and the Bay of Biscay; and to the northwest and 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 plus Alborán island, the Chafarinas islands (Islas Chafarinas), Alhucemas island and Perejil (Parsley island). Furthermore, the town of Llívia is a Spanish exclave situated inside French territory. With an area of 505,992 square kilometres (195,365 sq mi), it is the fourth largest country in Europe.

Because of its location, the territory of Spain was subject to many external influences since prehistoric times and through to its dawn as a country. Spain emerged as a unified country in the 15th century, following the marriage of the Catholic Monarchs and the completion of the reconquest, or Reconquista, of the Iberian peninsula in 1492. Conversely, it has been an important source of influence to other regions, chiefly during the modern era, when it became a global empire that has left a legacy of over 500 million Spanish speakers today, making it the world's second most spoken first language.

Spain is a democracy organised in the form of a parliamentary government under a constitutional monarchy. It is a developed country with the twelfth largest economy in the world by nominal GDP, and very high living standards, including the tenth-highest quality of life index rating in the world, as of 2005. It is a member of the United Nations, NATO, OECD, and WTO.

Regions of Spain


Anthem of Spain


link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVYgw7aFO1I
Spain discovered America (Spanish Empire)


Government and politics


*President of Spain (Mariano Rajoy)









*King of Spain


*Residence of the President


*Congreso de los diputados

Spanish Army

Divided in --------------> Army, Air Force, Spanish Navy
Staff ----------> 587.160
Missions -----------> Lebanon, Afghanistan, Iraq, Kosovo, Bosnia, Somalia, Congo...
Armored ----------------> 3.107
Aircraft -------------> 425
Ship -------------------> 98













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