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    Spain is a country located in southwestern Europe with an area of 504,782 square kilometers. Madrid is the capital city with a population of over 46 million people. While Castilian Spanish is the most widely spoken language, Catalan, Galician, and Basque are also commonly used. The majority of Spains population is Roman Catholic. The top trading partners of Spain are France, Germany, Portugal, and Italy. Some notable Spanish personalities include actress Penélope Cruz and actor Antonio Banderas.

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    Spain is a country located in southwestern Europe with an area of 504,782 square kilometers. Madrid is the capital city with a population of over 46 million people. While Castilian Spanish is the most widely spoken language, Catalan, Galician, and Basque are also commonly used. The majority of Spains population is Roman Catholic. The top trading partners of Spain are France, Germany, Portugal, and Italy. Some notable Spanish personalities include actress Penélope Cruz and actor Antonio Banderas.

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    Spain is a country located in southwestern Europe with an area of 504,782 square kilometers. Madrid is the capital city with a population of over 46 million people. While Castilian Spanish is the most widely spoken language, Catalan, Galician, and Basque are also commonly used. The majority of Spains population is Roman Catholic. The top trading partners of Spain are France, Germany, Portugal, and Italy. Some notable Spanish personalities include actress Penélope Cruz and actor Antonio Banderas.

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    Kingdom of Spain

    Reino de Espaa
    Area:
    504,782 km, of which 499,542 km is land and 5,240 km is water.
    Population:
    46.9 million (source INE Spanish National Statistics Office 2010)
    Capital City:
    Madrid
    Languages:
    Castilian Spanish, Catalan - 17%, Galician - 7%, Basque - 2%
    Life Expectancy: 78 male, 84 female (source World Health Organisation)
    People:
    Approximately 12% of the Spanish population are foreign nationals. Top foreign
    nationalities in Spain are Romanian (861k), Moroccan (777k), Ecuadorian, (380k), British (226k
    registered with the police and 1 million who spend at least part of the year in Spain) and
    Colombian (227k).
    Religions: Roman Catholic - 94%; Protestant/other - 6% (source CIA World Factbook)
    Currency: Euro (Value convert to Philippine Peso)
    Government: Spanish elections were held on 20 November 2011 and won by the Popular Party
    (PP). The new Government was appointed on 22 December.
    Climate:
    Mediterranean climate, characterized by dry and warm summers.
    Tourism:
    During the last four decades the Spanish tourism industry has grown to become the
    second biggest in the world, worth approximately 40 billion Euros, about 5% of GDP, in 2006.
    Transportation: The Spanish road system is mainly centralized, with six highways connecting
    Madrid to the Basque Country, Catalonia, Valencia, West Andalusia, Extremadura and Galicia.
    Spain is a democratic constitutional monarchy with a National Parliament (Cortes Generals),
    formed by the Congress of Deputies and the Senate, that is elected every 4 years. Spain is
    divided in to 17 regions Andalusia, Aragn, Asturias, Balearic Islands, Canary Islands,
    Cantabria, Castile and Len, Castile-La-Mancha, Catalonia, Extremadura, Galicia, La Rioja,
    Community of Madrid, Region of Murcia, Basque Country, Community of Valencia, Navarra and
    two autonomous cities Ceuta and Meillla. These autonomous communities have varying
    powers, but each has its own parliament, government and administrative apparatus.
    Head of State:
    King Juan Carlos I
    Prime Minister:
    Mariano Rajoy (PP)
    Minister of Foreign Affairs: Jos Manuel Garca-Margallo
    Composition of current Parliament:
    Total seats: 350. Partido Popular (PP) centre right
    (186), PSOE, centre left (110), others (47).
    Membership of international groupings/organisations:
    European Union (EU), North
    Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), United Nations (UN), Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Council of Europe (CoE).
    Key export commodities:
    pharmaceuticals
    Vital Import Commodities:
    Trading Partners

    motor vehicles, foodstuffs, medicines, machinery and


    Oil,mechanical and electric machinery, and iron and steel

    Exports
    France

    18.3%

    Imports
    Germany

    14.5%

    Germany

    10.6%

    France

    11.1%

    Portugal

    8.7%

    Italy

    7.4%

    Italy

    8%

    China

    6.2%

    Prepared and Reported by:

    (Name)

    HM Juan Carlos I King of Spain and HM Queen Sofa of


    Spain

    Barcelona Finanse Center (skyline)

    Plaza de Cibeles - Palacio de Communicaciones Madrid

    Donostia Igeldotik

    Noted Spanish personality

    Penlope Cruz Actress, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger


    Tides Known outside her native country as the "Spanish
    enchantress", Penlope Cruz Snchez was born in Madrid to
    Eduardo (a retailer) and Encarna (a hairdresser). As a toddler,
    she was already a compulsive performer, re-enacting TV
    commercials for her family's amusement, but she decided to
    focus her energies on dance...

    Antonio Banderas Actor, Desperado Antonio Banderas, one of


    Spain's most famous faces who was a soccer player until he
    broke his foot at age 14, is now an international film star best
    known as Zorro in the eponymous film series. He was born Jos
    Antonio Domnguez Banderas on August 10, 1960, in Mlaga,
    Andalusia, Spain. His father, Jose Dominguez...

    Spanish professional basketball player for the Los Angeles


    Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

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