AREA ................................................
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504.782
kmq
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POPULATION ..................................
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40.280.780 in.
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DENSITY .........................................
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79,8 in/kmq
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CAPITAL ..........................................
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Madrid
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LANGUAGES ....................................
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Castilian Spanish 74%, Catalan 17%, Galician 7%, Basque 2%; note - Castilian is the official language nationwide; the other languages are official regionally
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RELIGIONS ......................................
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Roman Catholic 94%, other 6%
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CURRENCY ......................................
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Euro (EUR)
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GDP per CAPITA .............................
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25047 $ (2004)
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HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX ..
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0,659 (14th place)
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LOWEST POINT ...............................
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Atlantic Ocean 0 m
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HIGHEST POINT ..............................
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Pico de Teide (Tenerife), Isole Canarie 3718 m
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INDEPENDENCE ...............................
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Presence of variety of independent kingdoms in Iberian peninsula prior to the Muslim occupation (8th century); 1492 Christian seizure of Granada: this event completed the unification of several kingdoms and is considered the forging of present-day Spain
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INSTITUTIONAL FORM ...................
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Constitutional Monarchy
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WEB DOMAIN ..................................
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.es
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COUNTRY CODE ..............................
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+34
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