Kingdom of Spain Reino de España
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Location of Spain (dark green)
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Capital and largest city |
Madrid 40°26′N 3°42′W / 40.433°N 3.700°W |
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Official language and national language |
Spanish | ||||
Recognised regional languages |
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Ethnic groups (2015) |
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Religion |
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Demonym | |||||
Government | Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy | ||||
• Monarch
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Felipe VI | ||||
Mariano Rajoy | |||||
Legislature | Cortes Generales | ||||
Senate | |||||
Congress of Deputies | |||||
Formation | |||||
• Dynastic
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20 January 1479 | ||||
• De facto
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23 January 1516 | ||||
• De jure
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9 June 1715 | ||||
19 March 1812 | |||||
29 December 1978 | |||||
1 January 1986 | |||||
Area | |||||
• Total
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505,990 km2 (195,360 sq mi) (51st) | ||||
• Water (%)
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1.04 | ||||
Population | |||||
• 2015 census
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46,423,064 (30th) | ||||
• Density
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92/km2 (238.3/sq mi) (112th) | ||||
GDP (PPP) | 2015 estimate | ||||
• Total
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$1.674 trillion (16th) | ||||
• Per capita
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$36,143 (33rd) | ||||
GDP (nominal) | 2016 estimate | ||||
• Total
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$1.242 trillion (12th) | ||||
• Per capita
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$26,823 (29th) | ||||
Gini (2013) | 33.7 medium |
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HDI (2014) |
0.876 very high · 26th |
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Currency | Euro (€) (EUR) | ||||
Time zone |
CET (UTC+1) WET |
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• Summer (DST)
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CEST (UTC+2) WEST (UTC+1) |
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Note: Spain observes CET/CEST, except the Canary Islands which observe WET/WEST | |||||
Date format | dd/mm/yyyy (CE) | ||||
Drives on the | right | ||||
Calling code | +34 | ||||
ISO 3166 code | ES | ||||
Internet TLD | .es |
Coordinates: 40°N 4°W / 40°N 4°W
– in Europe (green & dark grey)
– in the European Union (green)
Spain (i/ˈspeɪn/; Spanish: España [esˈpaɲa]), officially the Kingdom of Spain (Spanish: Reino de España), is a sovereign state largely located on the Iberian Peninsula in southwestern Europe, with two large archipelagos, the Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean Sea and the Canary Islands off the North African Atlantic coast, two cities Ceuta and Melilla in the North African mainland and several small islands in the Alboran Sea near the Moroccan coast. Its mainland is bordered to the south and east by the Mediterranean Sea except for a small land boundary with Gibraltar; to the north and northeast by France, Andorra, and the Bay of Biscay; and to the west and northwest by Portugal and the Atlantic Ocean. It is the only European country to have a border with an African country (Morocco) and its African territory accounts for nearly 5% of its population, mostly in the Canary Islands but also in Ceuta and Melilla.