Spain

Information about Spain

Reino de España
Kingdom of Spain
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Flag of Spain
FlagCoat of arms
Motto
"Plus Ultra"  (Latin)
"Further Beyond"
Anthem
"Marcha Real" 1  (Spanish)
"Royal March"
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Location of Spain
Location of  Spain  (dark green)

– on the European continent  (light green & dark grey)
– in the European Union  (light green)

Capital
(and largest city)
Madrid
Official languagesSpanish, Catalan, Basque and Galician2
DemonymSpanish, Spaniard
GovernmentConstitutional monarchy
 - Head of StateKing Juan Carlos I
 - President of
   the Government

José L. Rodríguez Zapatero
Formation15th century 
 - Dynastic union1516 
 - Unification1469 
 -   de facto1716 
 -   de jure1812 
Accession to
the
 European Union
January 1 1986
 - Water (%)1.04
Population
 - 2007 estimate45,116,894 (28th)
GDP (PPP)2006[1] estimate
 - Total$1.261 trillion (11th)
 - Per capita$27,950 (2005) (27th)
GDP (nominal)2006[2] estimate
 - Total$1.224 trillion (9th)
 - Per capita$27,767 (2006) (26th)
Gini? (2000)34.7 (medium
HDI (2004) 0.938 (high) (19th)
CurrencyEuro ()³ (EUR)
Time zoneCET4 (UTC+1)
 - Summer (DST)CEST (UTC+2)
Internet TLD.es5
Calling code+34
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References

Spain may refer to:
  • Spain, a European country
  • Spain (band), a 1990s American jazz-rock band
  • Spain (composition), a 1971 instrumental jazz fusion composition
  • Spain Rodriguez, an underground cartoonist, best known for his character "Trashman"

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A motto (from Italian) is a phrase or a short list of words meant formally to describe the general motivation or intention of an entity, social group, or organization.
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Plus Ultra (Latin for further beyond, more beyond or yet beyond) is the national motto of Spain and a number of other institutions including Jurong Junior College in Singapore, Malden Catholic High School in Massachusetts, Newstead Girls College,
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Official status
Official language of: Vatican City
Used for official purposes, but not spoken in everyday speech
Regulated by: Opus Fundatum Latinitas
Roman Catholic Church
Language codes
ISO 639-1: la
ISO 639-2: lat
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For the Radiohead song, see "The National Anthem".
A national anthem is a generally patriotic musical composition that evokes and eulogizes the history, traditions and struggles of its people, recognized either by a country's government as the official
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La Marcha Real ("The Royal March") is the national anthem of Spain. It is one of the few national anthems in the world to have no official lyrics.

The origins of the anthem, one of the oldest in Europe, are unknown.
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 Spanish, Castilian
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Writing system: Latin (Spanish variant)
Language codes
ISO 639-1: none
ISO 639-2:
ISO 639-3: —

Spanish (
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Europe is one of the seven traditional continents of the Earth. Physically and geologically, Europe is the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, west of Asia. Europe is bounded to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the west by the Atlantic Ocean, to the south by the Mediterranean Sea,
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capital (also called capital city or political capital — although the latter phrase has a second meaning based on an alternative sense of "capital") is the center of government.
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Spain's population density, at 87.8/km² (220/sq. mile), is lower than that of most Western European countries. With the exception of the capital, Madrid, the most populated regions lie around the coast.
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Madrid
Puerta de Alcalá at night with El Retiro gardens in the background.

Flag
Coat of arms
Motto: De Madrid al Cielo
(Spanish for "From Madrid to Heaven")
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An official language is a language that is given a special legal status in the countries, states, and other territories. It is typically the language used in a nation's legislative bodies, though the law in many nations requires that government documents be produced in other
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 Spanish, Castilian
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Writing system: Latin (Spanish variant)
Language codes
ISO 639-1: none
ISO 639-2:
ISO 639-3: —

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In Spain: Catalonia, Valencian Community, Balearic Islands, Aragon (in La Franja), Murcia (in El Carxe). In France: Northern Catalonia. In Italy: The city of L'Alguer. In Andorra.
Total speakers: 9.
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 Basque
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Official status
Official language of: Euskadi and Navarre (Spain)
Regulated by: Euskaltzaindia
Language codes
ISO 639-1: eu
ISO 639-2: baq (B)  eus (T)
ISO 639-3: eus


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Galician}}} 
Official status
Official language of: Galicia, Spain; accepted orally as Portuguese by the European Union Parliament.
Regulated by: Real Academia Galega
Language codes
ISO 639-1: gl
ISO 639-2: glg
ISO 639-3: glg
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A demonym or gentilic is a word that denotes the members of a people or the inhabitants of a place. In English, the name of a people's language is often the same as this word, e.g., the "French" (language or people).
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Spanish people or more properly Spaniards are a nation native to Spain, in the Iberian Peninsula of southwestern Europe. The Spanish people have varied origins, due to Spaniards long history of invasions and migrations.
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Spanish people or more properly Spaniards are a nation native to Spain, in the Iberian Peninsula of southwestern Europe. The Spanish people have varied origins, due to Spaniards long history of invasions and migrations.
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government is a body that has the power to make and the authority to enforce rules and laws within a civil, corporate, religious, academic, or other organization or group.[1]
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constitutional monarchy is a form of government established under a constitutional system which acknowledges an elected or hereditary monarch as head of state, as opposed to an absolute monarchy, where the monarch is not bound by a constitution and is the sole source of political
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Spain

This article is part of the series:
Politics of Spain


  • Constitution
  • 1978 Constitution
  • King
  • Juan Carlos I

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Juan Carlos I (baptized as Juan Carlos Alfonso Víctor María de Borbón y Borbón-Dos Sicilias; born January 5, 1938, Rome, Italy) is the reigning King of Spain.
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Spain

This article is part of the series:
Politics of Spain


  • Constitution
  • 1978 Constitution
  • King
  • Juan Carlos I

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Vice President(s) María Teresa Fernández de la Vega (First)
Pedro Solbes (Second)
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Succeeded by



Nationality Spain
Political party PSOE
Spouse Sonsoles Espinosa
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Charles V (Also Charles I of Spain)
Holy Roman Emperor; King of Castile, Aragon, Naples and Sicily, others

Reign King of Aragon and Castile
Holy Roman Emperor
King of Naples
Sovereign of the Netherlands
Count of Flanders
Duke of Brabant
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Catholic Monarchs (Spanish: los Reyes Católicos) is the collective title used in history for Queen Isabella I of Castile and King Ferdinand II of Aragon.
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De facto is a Latin expression that means "in fact" or "in practice" but not spelled out by law. It is commonly used in contrast to de jure (which means "by law") when referring to matters of law, governance, or technique (such as standards), that are found in the
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The Nueva Planta decrees (Spanish:Decretos de Nueva Planta, Catalan: Decrets de Nova Planta) were a number of decrees signed between 1707 and 1716 by Philip V—the first Bourbon king of Spain—during and shortly after the end of the War of the Spanish
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