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SPAIN

Capital
Madrid

Currency


Area
505,370 squares km

Location
Spain is located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. It borders with Portugal and France. Spain also includes the Balearic Islands (Mallorca, Ibiza and Formentora) lying in the Mediterranean and the Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean. It is the closest to the African continent, from which it is just 13 kilometers of Gibraltar Straits.

Land boundaries
1,917.8 km

Elevation extremes
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Pico de Teide (Tenerife) on Canary Islands 3,718 m

Language
Castilian Spanish (official) 74%, Catalan 17%, Galician 7%, Basque 2%

Nationality
Spanish

Religions
Roman Catholic 94%, and other

Time
UTC + 1

National holiday
2011

01 Jan New Year's Day
06 Jan Epiphany
19 Mar San Jose
21 Apr Maundy Thursday
22 Apr Good Friday
01 May Labour Day
15 Aug Assumption
12 Oct National Day
01 Nov All Saints' Day
06 Dec Constitution Day
08 Dec Immaculate Conception
25 Dec Christmas

2012

01 Jan New Year's Day
06 Jan Epiphany
19 Mar San Jose
05 Apr Maundy Thursday
06 Apr Good Friday
01 May Labour Day
15 Aug Assumption
12 Oct National Day
01 Nov All Saints' Day
06 Dec Constitution Day
08 Dec Immaculate Conception
25 Dec Christmas

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