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Spain, 12 also called Kingdom of Spain, n. 2 is a sovereign country, a member of the European Union, established in social and democratic state of law and whose form of government is a parliamentary monarchy. Its territory is divided into 17 autonomous communities and two autonomous cities. Its capital is the city of Madrid.

It is a transcontinental country that is located in both Western Europe and North Africa. In Europe occupying most of the Iberian peninsula, known as mainland Spain and the islands of the Balearic Islands (Western Mediterranean Sea); African cities of Ceuta (in Tingitana Peninsula) and Melilla are (at Cape Three Forcas), the Canary Islands (in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean), Chafarinas Islands (Mediterranean Sea), the rock of the Vélez Gomera (Mediterranean Sea), the Alhucemas (Gulf of Alhucemas islands) islands and the island of Alboran (Alboran Sea). Llivia Township, in the Pyrenees, is an enclave entirely surrounded by France. Complete set of territories a series of islands off the mainland coast own.

It has an area of 504,645 km ², being the fourth largest country in the continent after Russia, Ukraine and Francia.n. 3 With an average altitude of 650 meters is one of the most mountainous countries in Europe. Its population is 47,129,783 inhabitants, according to the 2013 municipal census The mainland shares land borders with France and Andorra to the north, Portugal to the west and the British territory of Gibraltar to the south. In its African territories, shares land and sea borders with Morocco. Share with France's sovereignty over the Island of Pheasants in the mouth of the river and five facerías Bidasoa pirenaicas.n. 4

According to the Spanish Constitution, Spanish or Castilian is the official language of the state and all Spaniards have the duty to know and the right to usarla.20 in 2006, was the mother tongue of 89% of españoles.21 Other languages also Spanish, are recognized as co-official in various regions, according to the statutes of autonomy.

The Spanish economy is the 13th world economy in terms of GDP, while Spanish GDP per capita stood at 2011 in the middle of Europea.22 Union is the 8th largest country in the world with multinational presence, after Japan and ahead of Australia, Hong Kong and Canadá.23 24 Moreover, according to the 2014 report of the UN, has a human development index of 0.869, the 27th largest in the world, ahead of other European countries recognized, like Russia, Portugal or Poland.7 in contrast, the Spanish economy has increased social inequality in the Eurozone, according to the results obtained by Eurostat concerning the coefficient Gini.25 26

The first appearance of the genus Homo hominids dating back to at least 1.2 million years before present, as evidenced by the discovery of a jaw of a Homo not rated yet (Homo sp.) In Atapuerca, Burgos.27 in 218. C., there was Roman intervention in the Peninsula, which led to a later conquest of what later became Hispania. In the Middle Ages, the area was conquered by various Germanic peoples (s. V) and Muslims, that it arrived in 711 Not until s. XV, with the dynastic union of the Crowns of Castile and Aragon (1469) and the completion of the Reconquista (1492), where one can speak of a unified nation. In the Modern Age, Spain became the first global colonial empire, covering territories in Europe, the Americas, Africa, Asia and Oceania, leaving a vast cultural and linguistic heritage in this land.