Spain Basic Informations

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.

 

TOTAL AREA: 504,750 sq km

POPULATION: 39,444,215

RELIGIONS: Roman Catholic 96%, Muslim 2%, Jewish 1%, other 1%

LANGUAGES: Castilian Spanish (official language), Catalonian, Galician, Valenciano, Vasco

GOVERNMENT TYPE: Constitutional Monarchy

CAPITAL CITY: Madrid

OFFICIAL CURRENCY: Euro

TIME ZONE: GMT