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About
Spain: |
 | Location: Europe
Status: UN Country
Capital City: Madrid
Main Cities: Barcelona, Valencia, Seville, Zaragoza
Population: 39,214,000
Area: 504,780 km2
Currency: 1 euro = 100 cents
Languages: Spanish, Basque, Galician, Catalan
Religions: Roman Catholic |
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Spain: a kingdom of SW Europe, occupying the Iberian peninsula between the Mediterranean and the Atlantic: a leading European power in the 16th century, with many overseas possessions, esp in the New World; became a republic in 1931; under the fascist dictatorship of Franco following the Civil War (1936-39) until his death in 1975; a member of the European Union. It consists chiefly of a central plateau (the Meseta), with the Pyrenees and the Cantabrian Mountains in the north and the Sierra Nevada in the south. Official language: Castilian Spanish, with Catalan, Galician, and Basque official regional languages. Religion: Roman Catholic majority. Currency: euro. Capital: Madrid. Pop.: 41 128 000 (2004 est.). Area: 504 748 sq. km (194 883 sq. miles) Spanish name: España |
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