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Spain - Quick Facts

Land area: 499,542 square km (192,874 square miles)

 

Major physical features

Highest point: (mainland) Mulhacen 3,481 m (11,421 ft), (Canaries) Pico de Teide 3,715 m (12,188 ft)

Longest river: Tagus (part - ends in Portugal) 1,007 km (626 miles)


Population: (2006 est.) 40,397,842


Form of government: multiparty republic with two legislative houses


Armed forces: army 95,600; navy 19,455; air force 22,750


Largest cities: Madrid (capital - 3,092,759); Barcelona (1,578,546); Valencia (785,732); Sevilla (704,154); Zaragoza (638,799); Malaga (558,287)


Official language: Castilian Spanish


Ethnic composition: Spanish 44.9%; Catalan 28%, Galician 8.2%, Basque 5.5%, Aragonese 5%, Roma 2%; others 6.4%


Religious affiliations: Roman Catholic 92%; Muslim 0.5%; Protestant 0.3%; other 7.2%


Currency: 1 euro (EUR) = 100 euro cents


Gross domestic product: (2006) U.S. $1.07 trillion


Gross domestic product per capita: (2006) U.S. $27,000


Life expectancy at birth: male 76.32 years and female 83.2 years


Major resources are coal, lignite, iron ore, copper, lead, zinc, uranium, pyrites, me tungsten, magnesite, fluorspar, gypsum, sepiolite, kaolin, potash, hydropower, almonds, cereals, cork, cotton, fruit, fish, grapes/wine, olives, sugar cane, leather timber, tin, tobacco, vegetables, tourism