Real estate in Spain
Widely known for Flamenco music and dance, bull-fights, fantastic beaches and lots of sunshine, Spain has to offer much more than that.
About Spain
Widely known for Flamenco music and dance, bull-fights, fantastic beaches and lots of sunshine, Spain has to offer much more than that. It is - and has been for thousands of years - one of the cultural centers of Europe. It has beautiful cities and towns, offering really old monuments as well as futuristic architecture. Its various regions are all different one to each other, geographically, climatically and even in personality. It is a fascinating country to know and to know more about it.
"Spain is different!", Spaniards use to say. They don't specify compared to what: to the rest of Europe, to the rest of the world, or even to itself ? We don't know it either, but we do our best to supply you with loads of information so you can find the answer to this question and to many more by yourself.
GENERAL
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Area: |
504,750 sq km; 194,884 sq miles |
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Population: |
39.5 million (growth rate 0.2%) |
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Languages: |
Castilian Spanish (official language) |
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Religion: |
99% Roman Catholic |
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Capital: |
Madrid |
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Form of Government: |
Constitutional Monarchy |
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Head of State: |
King Juan Carlos |
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President: |
José Luis Rodriguez Zapatero |
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Tourism: |
45 million visitors per year |
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Currency: |
Euro |
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Credit Cards: |
Visa, Eurocard, American Express, MasterCard, Diners Club and Access are widely accepted. |
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Visas: |
No visa required for EU passport holders and for U.S. and Canadian citizens staying up to 90 days. |
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Time: |
GMT/UTC plus 1 hour |
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Electricity: |
220V |
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Weights and Measures: |
metric |
GEOGRAPHY
Spain is located at the Iberian Península, of which it occupies approximately 80% (the remaining 20% are occupied by Portugal), in the southwest of Europe. In the north Spain borders on France and Andorra, with the Pyrenees as a natural frontier. Additionally the Balearic Islands (Mallorca, Menorca and Ibiza) in the Mediterranean Sea, Canary Islands in Atlantic Ocean close to the Moroccian coast, and Ceuta and Melilla, located in northern Africa, are Spanish territory.
Spain is the 3rd country of Europe in extension and the 5th in population.
There are five big mountain ranges crossing the country, and about 50% of it are located at an elevated plain.
Landscapes are extremely varied, some almost desert-like, others green and fertile, and of course there are the long coasts, in the east along Mediterranean Sea from Pyrenees to Gibraltar, and in the west (the major part of the Iberian peninsula's western coast is occupied by Portugal) along the Atlantic Ocean and Cantabrian Sea.
CULTURALLY
The country is littered with superb old buildings, from Roman aqueducts and Islamic palaces to Gothic cathedrals. Almost every second village has a medieval castle. Spain has been the home of some of the world's great artists - El Greco, Velбzquez, Goya, Dalн, Picasso - and has museums and galleries to match. The country vibrates with music of every kind - from the drama of flamenco to the melancholy lyricism of the Celtic music and gaitas (bagpipes) of the northwest.
MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURES IN ºC
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68% |
2.480 h. |
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78% |
2.042 h. |
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65% |
2.824 h. |
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74% |
2.795 h. |
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74% |
2.998 h. |
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78% |
1.747 h. |
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70% |
2.878 h. |
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68% |
2.538 h. |
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68% |
2.584 h. |
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26 |
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67% |
2.824 h |
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