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Spain

ES / ESP   40.2°, -3.5°

Spain, officially the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Europe and the fourth-most populous European Union (EU) member state. Spanning the majority of the Iberian Peninsula, its territory also includes the Canary Islands, in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean; the Balearic Islands, in the Western Mediterranean Sea; and the autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla, in mainland Africa. Peninsular Spain is bordered to the north by France, Andorra, and the Bay of Biscay; to the east and south by the Mediterranean Sea, Gibraltar and Morocco ; and to the west by Portugal and the Atlantic Ocean. Spain's capital and largest city is Madrid; other major urban areas include Barcelona, Valencia, Zaragoza, Seville, Bilbao, Málaga, Murcia, Palma de Mallorca and Las Palmas.

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People are called
Spanish
Driving side
Right
Calling code
+34
Capital
Madrid
Population
48,592,909
Area
505,990 km2
Climate
Temperate
Government
Parliamentary constitutional monarchy
Currency
Euro
Languages
Spanish 74%, Catalan 17%, Galician 7%
Sells
cars, packaged medicine, refined petroleum, vehicle parts/accessories
Sells to
France 15%, Germany 10%, Portugal 9%
Land borders
3: Andorra, France, Portugal
Drives on the
right
Calling code
+34
Founded
1978
Hemisphere
Northern

WHAT PEOPLE ARE CALLED

Spanish

These are English demonyms for people from Spain. A demonym describes a connection to a place; it does not mean everyone shares an ethnicity, language or religion.

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SAME LAND, DIFFERENT WORLDS

Civilizations, flags & standards

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Modern borders are a starting point for exploring the past. These cultures and states occupied some of the same land; they were not the same country. Dates describe each civilization or state as a whole, not continuous rule over every place listed.

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Turning points

A curated timeline is not available yet. Explore the country's history and the historical figures below.

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Religion: state & society

An official religion is a legal status. The largest religious group is a population measure. Neither describes every person's beliefs.

Official status and a dated affiliation breakdown have not been checked for this country. The atlas's religion tags are not a population ranking.

BEYOND THE MAP

Spain in the study desk

Places and things the general-knowledge library connects to Spain. Open one to follow its connections, then practise them with typed recall.

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Where it is

Languages

Share of the population that speaks each. Click one to see every country that speaks it.

Spanishofficial
74.0%
Catalanofficial
17.0%
Galicianofficial
7.0%
Basqueofficial
2.0%
Araneseofficial
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Largest cities

Madrid  capital 3,255,944
Barcelona 1,686,208
Valencia 824,340
Zaragoza 686,986
Sevilla 686,741

Wars and conflicts

Conflicts this country is attached to. Click one to see the others. Each says what kind of claim it is: a principal belligerent is hand-checked against the modern state that succeeded the power that fought, while a recorded participant comes from the bulk import, which does not separate combat from funding, basing, occupation or reconstruction. Neither list is complete, so a country missing from a war may still have taken part — which is why the quiz no longer asks who fought in what.

Form of government

Parliamentary constitutional monarchy.

Climate and geography

temperate; clear, hot summers in interior, more moderate and cloudy along coast; cloudy, cold winters in interior, partly cloudy and cool along coast

Climate zone

Highest point

Northern hemisphere.

Figures from its history

Francisco Franco
Francisco Franco Dictator, 1939-1975 Francisco Franco Bahamonde was a Spanish military general and the dictator of Spain from 1939 until his death in 1975.
Isabella I of Castile
Isabella I of Castile Queen who financed Columbus Isabella I, also known as Isabella the Catholic, was Queen of Castile and León from 1474 until her death in 1504.
Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso Painter Pablo Ruiz Picasso was a Spanish painter and sculptor who spent most of his adult life in France.
Miguel de Cervantes
Miguel de Cervantes Author of Don Quixote Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra was a Spanish writer widely regarded as the greatest writer in the Spanish language and one of the world's pre-eminent novelists.

Checked facts

Most of this page is imported in bulk and carries no source of its own. These entries were checked by hand against the source named, and are reapplied after every dataset rebuild so a refetch cannot quietly put the old value back.

  • Continents — Seven-continent model. A country spanning two continents is filed under the one containing its capital; the other is accepted too.
    The imported list was unordered and included overseas territory, so its first entry was not the continent the country is in.
    Source · true as of 2026-09-11 · checked 2026-09-11
  • Member of european union — Full member states only, as the organisation itself lists them.
    The imported member_of list is out of date for this organisation and is not asked about.
    Source · true as of 2026-09-11 · checked 2026-09-11
  • Member of nato — Full member states only, as the organisation itself lists them.
    The imported member_of list is out of date for this organisation and is not asked about.
    Source · true as of 2026-09-11 · checked 2026-09-11

Corrected in an AI-assisted review of the imported data (2026-09-22), not yet checked against a named source: currencies, famous, languages.