Spain is located
in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula and is bordered by the
Mediterranean Sea France Atlantic Ocean and Portugal. Spain is separated from
France by the Pyrenees a protective mountain barrier between the two countries
the Strait of Gibraltar divides Spain from Africa which at its narrowest is
about 15 kilometers or 9 miles wide this eased the invasion of the Moors in the
eighth century during the rise of the Islamic caliphate the Arab presence lasted
until the end of the 15th century when Christian Spanish kingdoms unified modern
Spain. This unification helped Spain compete with other maritime powers such as
the United Kingdom and continental powers like France.
Spain's access to
the Mediterranean and the North Atlantic along with its need for natural
resources promoted its consolidation into one of the greatest naval and
colonial powers of Europe. While Spain has had external challenges its main
Geographic challenge comes from within.
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Spain's core is
Madrid the country's capital most populated city and political center. Madrid
sits on Spain's Meseta central and was chosen as the capital in the 16th
century to allow more centralized control of the country but Spain's
mountainous terrain has historically determined its political life by hindering
communication between different regions within the country. This geography has
led to the emergence of regionalist and separatist movements especially in
Catalonia and the Basque Country. Spain's challenge then is to bring about a
truly united nation with a balance of power between the central government in
Madrid and the autonomous regions especially as the European crisis is
threatening its stability. Here are 10 Amazing Facts About Spain:
1. Characteristics of Spain
Spain or the
kingdom of spain is the second largest country in the european union after
france it measures up at around 506.000 square kilometers. Spain is a dry
plateau surrounded and crisscrossed by mountains the river flows to the coast
creating good agricultural land. Spain's highest mountain is mount with 3718
meters this mountain is situated in the canary islands and is an active volcano.
2. Spanish (Language)
Spanish is the
world's top 10 most spoken native language with over 570 million speakers. Although
spanish is the majority language spain has four co-official languages they are
catalan basque galician and erinese.
3. Full of World Heritage Site
Spain is home
to a whopping 47 unesco world heritage sites as of july 2019, the third highest
in the world these include historic cities monumental churches and more number
five more than 150.000 tomatoes are thrown at la tomatina this food fight
festival is a religious celebration meant to honor the patron saint san luis
bertrand and the virgin mary.
4. Nudity is Legal
Nudity is legal
in spain with its mediterranean climate of hot dry summers and mild wet winters
you might be tempted to strip off while in spain.
5. Seasons in Spain
Spain has hot
summers cold and dry winters and frequent droughts plants and trees on the
northwest coast galicia and the bay of biscay grow well so the area is called
green spain the trees are in full bloom here and bays break through the
coastline the southern and eastern coasts of spain from the fertile and
illusion plains to the pyrenees are blown by the warm wind commonly known as
siraco which originates in north africa and maintains the temperature of the
mediterranean coast people and culture many spaniards share background of a common
ethnic the early inhabitants of the iberian peninsula the celts and later a
mixture of european and african conquerors the origin of the basques in
northern.
6. The National Dish of Spain
Although many
foreigners see paella as the spanish national dish many spaniards don't that's
because most locals see the colorful rice dish as a valencian dish not a
national one.
7. The Majority Religion in Spain
Despite the
importance of religion in spanish culture apparently only 13.6 of spain's
population actually goes to church every Sunday.
8. The Altamira Cave
Near santa
underlies the altamira cave in this cave a lot of prehistoric drawings have
been discovered of very varied shape and meaning.
9. Home for Migratory Birds
Spain is an important habitat for migratory birds. Key migration spots in Spain include Playa de los Lances, Cazalla, the Marismas de Barbate and Punta Carnero. You can watch migrating birds of prey and find migrating passerines, seabirds and shorebirds.
10. Home for Unique Mammals
Spain is also home to mammals such as wolves lynxes wild cats foxes wild boars deer hares and wild goats barbel tench and trout are commonly found in streams and lakes however many wildlife species are threatened by habitat loss and pollution due to hundreds of years of deforestation today large tracts of forest can be found only in the northern pyrenees and asturias galicia.
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