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SPAIN

• Extension: 505,954 km2 • Population: 45,061,275 inhabitants • Capital: Madrid. • Type of gevernment: Constitutional

monarchy• Language : Castellano • Currency: euro

17 COMUNIDADES AUTÓNOMAS

RELIEVE

• < 2000 m • 1000 m • 600 m• 0 m• > 0 m

RIVERS

• Greatest flow: Ebro• Largest: Tajo

CLIMATE

• The Spanish climate is very diverse. There are some areas with mild temperatures –around 15º average- and some others where 40º in summer are easily reached. There are places where precipitations are less than 150mm and others whith more than 2,500 mm.

Ocenic 10º-15º 800L m2

Continental 0º-15º 600 L m2

Mediterranean 15º-20º 450 L m2

Highland <10º 1000 L m2

Dry >20º 250 L m2

POPULATION

The most populated cities are Barcelona, Madrid y Bilbao.

LANGUAGES

• CASTELLANO

• CATALÁN

• GALLEGO

• VALENCIANO

• EUSKERA

PLACES TO VISIT

La Sagrada Familia

• Is a great Catholic temple in Barcelona.

• Designed by the catalan architect Antoni Gaudí.

• Started to build in 1882.

• It has not been finished yet

LA ALHAMBRA

It is an arab court palace and fortress in Granada, at the South of Spain.

Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias

• Architectonic complex, cultural and leisure aimed in Valencia, by the mediterranean coast

PYIRINNEES

• Los Pirineos are the natural border between Spain and France.

• There is The Aneto, the highest peak of the peninsula (3,004m)

LA COSTA DEL SOL

• The spanish coastline is famous because of its beautiful beaches, as these in the province of Málaga

THE CANARIAN ISLANDS

• Consist of 7 islands in the Atlantic. Its origin is volcanic.