Kingdom of Spain | |
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Motto: | |
Anthem: | |
Capital and largest city | Madrid 40°26′N 3°42′W / 40.433°N 3.700°W |
Castilian Spanish(also in national language) | |
Nationality (2020) | |
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Government | Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy |
• Monarch | Felipe VI |
Pedro Sánchez | |
Legislature | Cortes Generales |
Senate | |
Congress of Deputies | |
Formation | |
• De facto | 20 January 1479 |
• De jure | 9 June 1715 |
19 March 1812 | |
1 April 1939–1978 | |
29 December 1978 | |
1 January 1986 | |
Area | |
• Total | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). (51st) |
• Water (%) | 0.89 (2015) |
Population | |
• 2020 census | 47,450,795 (30th) |
• Density | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). (120th) |
GDP (PPP) | 2021 estimate |
• Total | $1.942 trillion (15th) |
• Per capita | $41,736 (32nd) |
GDP (nominal) | 2021 estimate |
• Total | $1.450 trillion (13th) |
• Per capita | $31,178 (26th) |
Gini (2019) | ▼ 33.0 medium · 103rd |
HDI (2019) | 0.904 very high · 25th |
Currency | Euro (€) (EUR) |
Time zone | UTC±0 to +1 (WET and CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+1 to +2 (WEST and CEST) |
Note: most of Spain observes CET/CEST, except the Canary Islands which observe WET/WEST. | |
Date format | dd/mm/yyyy (CE) |
Driving side | right |
Calling code | +34 |
ISO 3166 code | ES |
Internet TLD | .es |
Spain is a country in Southern Europe. It is in the Iberian Peninsula. Spain has borders with France, Portugal, Andorra and Gibraltar. Ceuta and Melilla border with Morocco in North Africa. In Spain's northeast side are the Pyrenees mountains.
The people of Spain are called Spaniards. They speak Castilian or Spanish (in Spanish, "Castellano", from Castilla, or "Español"). They speak other languages in some parts of the country. They are Catalan, Basque, and Asturian, Galician, Leonese, Aragonese, Aranese Occitan and even Portuguese. The religion of about 56% of the population in Spain is Roman Catholic.