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Spain
Physical & Human Geography
THE BASICS
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Name: Spain
(long form) Kingdom of Spain
Capital City: Madrid (3,255,950 pop.)
(5,843,031 metro)
Spain Population: 47,370,542 (2013 est.)
World Populations (all countries)
Currency: Euro
Ethnicity: Spanish 87%, Latin Americans 7%, Western Europeans 3%,
African and Middle Eastern 2%, other 1%
GDP total: $1.409 trillion (2012 est.)
GDP per capita: $30,400 (2012 est.)
Name a City in Spain! GO GO GO
Madrid
Barcelona
Valencia
Seville
Zaragoza
Malaga
Murcia
Palma de
Mallorca
Las Palmas
Bilbao
Mountains and Bodies of Water
• Pyrenees- Boarder of France and Spain (270 MI)
– Highest in range peak is Pico de Aneto at 11,168 ft.
• 1800 rivers in Spain
– Rio Tajo- 622 Miles Long
– Others: Rio Ebro, Rio Duero, Guadalquivir River
– Surrounded by Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, Bay of Biscay
Climate
Continental, Mediterranean, Highland/Mountain, Oceanic
Natural Resources
coal, lignite, iron ore, copper, lead, zinc, uranium, tungsten,
mercury, pyrites, magnesite, fluorspar, gypsum, sepiolite, kaolin,
potash, hydropower, arable land.
Religion
Roman Catholic 94%, other 6%
Language
Castilian Spanish (official) 74%,
Catalan 17%
Galician 7%
Basque 2%
Food
FOOD EXPORTS:
grain, vegetables, olives, wine grapes, sugar beets, citrus;
beef, pork, poultry, dairy products; fish
SPANISH CUISINE
Spain's culinary traditions rely on an abundance of locally grown
vegetables and fruits as well as meats and poultry. Jamón
serrano , a cured ham, and chorizo , a seasoned sausage, are
popular. Seafood and fish are popular in coastal areas.
The best-known Spanish dish, a stew called paella (pie-AY-ah),
originated in Valencia, an eastern province on the Mediterranean
Sea.
Government & Independence
Parliamentary Monarchy
1492; the Iberian peninsula was characterized by a variety
of independent kingdoms prior to the Muslim
occupation that began in the early 8th century A.D. and
lasted nearly seven centuries; the small Christian
redoubts of the north began the re-conquest almost
immediately, culminating in the seizure of Granada in
1492; this event completed the unification of several
kingdoms and is traditionally considered the forging of
present-day Spain