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Spain

By: Dania Moore


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Spain's Map , flag, and capital


Spain's capital
is Madrid

president
Mariano Rajoy was born March 27, 1955 in Santiago de
Compostella Spain. Mariano was elected president of
Spain in 2011.
Party: peoples party
Years in office: 4

government
Spain is a constitutional monarchy governed
under the constitution of 1978. The hereditary
monarch, who is the head of state, may ratify
laws, dissolve the legislature, and propose
candidates for the office of president; he is also
head of the armed forces.

Indigenous groups and other languages


One of the indigenous groups in Spain would be
the Basques. They have their own government
and autonomous parliament since the arrival of
democracy in Spain in the late nineteen
seventies and their language is also named
Basque.

Ecosystem ,habitat , geography


Spain is a country located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula to the
south of France and Andorra and to the east of Portugal.
Bordering Areas: Andorra, France, Gibraltar, Portugal, Morocco (Ceuta and Melilla)
Area: 195,124 square miles (505,370 sq km)
Coastline: 3,084 miles (4,964 km)

population
46.77 million (2014)

Economy

Spain has the fourteenth-largest economy by


nominal GDP in the world .The Spanish
economy is the fifth-largest in the European
Union, and the fourth-largest in the Eurozone,
based on nominal GDP statistics.
Currency: Euro

Tourism, major cities, places to see , touristic attractions


Tourism: Spain has the most competitive tourism industry in
the world, a global study by the World Economic Forum . For the
first time the country has come out on top of a list of 141 nations
analyzed in The Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Report.
Places to see: Palma, in full Palma de Mallorca, is the capital and
largest city of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands in
Spain. It is situated on the south coast of the island Majorca on the Bay
of Palma.

Major cities: Barcelona, the second largest city in Spain, is in


the northeastern corner on the Mediterranean Sea.

Food, dance , and music


Typical dances: flamenco,
Foods: Tortilla Espaniola , Gazpacho, Paella ,Tapas

Music: flamenco

Art, artists, folklore, handcrafts


Artists: Pablo Picasso is probably the most important figure of 20th century, in
terms of art, and art movements that occurred over this period.
Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dal i Domnech, Marqus de Dal de Pubol,
known as Salvador Dal, was a prominent Spanish surrealist painter born in
Figueres, Catalonia, Spain

Handcrafts: The most common trades in the area are pottery, embroidery,
carpentry, knife-making, stone and marble sculpting, glasswork and work with
leather.

famous folklore: The Lion's Enchantment

Religion, National holidays and Traditions


Religion: Catholicism
National holidays: January 6th Epiphany , February 26th Andaluca Day,
January 1st Feast of the Holy Family Observance

Traditions: Best known among Spain's folkloristic traditions are


certainly Flamenco and bullfights. You will find bullfights indeed
throughout the country, the most popular event perhaps being the
"Running of Bulls" during the Sanfermines in Pamplona.

10 interesting facts
There's a 47-story skyscraper in Spain that has NO elevator.
The national anthem of spain has no words
The official name of Spain is the "Kingdom of Spain.
72% of Spain speaks Spanish. The rest speaks Catalan, Galician, Basque and others.

La Tomatina is an annual festival held in Spain where peoplethrow thousands


oftomatoes at each other.
There are no laws against publicnudity in Spain.
There's a zipline connecting Spain and Portugal. It's 2,365 ft (720 m) and 60
seconds long.

The youngest king ever was Alfonso XIII of Spain, who became king the day he
was born.
The U.S. has more Spanish speakers than Spain.

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