QUICK REFERENCE COUNTRY PROFILE:

SPAIN

PIC: Antonio Gaudi's famously unfinished
cathedral 'Sagrada Familia', located in Barcelona.

OFFICIAL NAME:

REINO DE ESPAÑA

(KINGDOM OF SPAIN)

FLAG:

PIC: Officially known as 'Bandera de España', the flag
of Spain is informally knowns as 'la Rojigualda'.

OFFICIAL LANGUAGE(S):

(CASTILLIAN) SPANISH

BASQUE

CATALAN

GALICIAN

CURRENCY:

EURO

PIC: Euro Currency

MAP:

PIC: Map of Spain

BORDERING COUNTRIES:

ANDORRA, FRANCE, MOROCCO, PORTUGAL & THE UNITED KINGDOM

Spain borders the United Kingdom via the British territory of Gibraltar (see map)

and Morocco via its North African territories.

CAPITAL & LARGEST CITY:

MADRID

SECOND LARGEST CITY:

BARCELONA

THIRD LARGEST CITY:

VALENCIA

NATIONAL ANTHEM:

LA MARCHA REAL

(ROYAL MARCH)

It is one of the only national anthems that has no words.

NATIONAL HOLIDAY:

FIESTA NACIONAL DE ESPAÑA

It is held on October 12th and celebrates Christoper

Columbus landing in the "New World".  As such, it is also

observedin other countries, notably as "Columbus Day"

in the USA.

NATIONAL MOTTO:

PLUS ULTRA (Latin)

This is translated to English as "Further Beyond".

HIGHEST POINT:

PICO DE TEIDE

PIC: Pico de Teide

LOWEST POINT:

ATLANTIC OCEAN

LONGEST RIVER:

TAGUS RIVER

PIC: The Tagus

LARGEST LAKE:

SANABRIA LAKE

PIC: Sanabria Lake

BORDERING OCEAN:

ATLANTIC OCEAN

BORDERING SEA(S):

MEDITERRANEAN SEA, BALEARIC SEA, ALBORAN SEA

& CANTABRIAN SEA (BAY OF BISCAY)

LARGEST ISLAND:

MALLORCA (MAJORCA)

PARTY ISLAND:

IBIZA

PIC: a foam party on Ibiza

LARGEST RELIGION:

ROMAN CATHOLIC

MOST POPULAR SPORT:

FOOTBALL (SOCCER)

PIC: Spain's footballers celebrate winning
the 2010 FIFA World Cup

PRIME MINISTER:

MARIANO RAJOY

PIC: Mariano Rajoy

KING:

JUAN CARLOS I

PIC: King Juan Carlos I and his wife,
Queen Sofía of Spain (née Princess
Sophia of Greece and Denmark)

HEIR TO THE THRONE:

FELIPE, PRINCE OF ASTURIAS

PIC: Felipe, Prince of Asturias

HELLO:

HOLA

GOODBYE:

DESPEDIDA

THANK YOU:

GRACIAS

EXCUSE ME:

PERDON

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