Spain Facts
- Name: Spain
(long form) Kingdom of Spain - Capital City: Madrid (3,255,950 pop.)
- (5,843,031 metro)
- Spain Population: 47,370,542 (2013 est.)
World Populations (all countries) - Currency: Euro (conversion rates)
- 20 Euros
- Ethnicity: Spanish 87%, Latin Americans 7%, Western Europeans 3%, African and Middle Eastern 2%, other 1%
- Holidays
- GDP total: $1.409 trillion (2012 est.)
- GDP per capita: $30,400 (2012 est.)
- Land Sizes
- Language: Castilian Spanish (official) 74%, Catalan 17%, Galician 7%, Basque 2%, are official regionally
- Largest Cities: (by population) Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Sevilla, Zaragoza, Malaga, Murcia, Las Palmas, Bilbao, Palma
- Name: The meaning of the name Espana comes from the Phoenician word i-spn-ya, meaning "land where metals are forged".
- National Day: October 12
Note: Spain's National Day (Dia de la Hispanidad) commemorates the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus (Cristobal Colon) in 1492. - Religion: Roman Catholic 94%, other 6%
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Spain's Information

Land Area | 498,980 km2 |
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Water Area | 6,390 km2 |
Total Area | 505,370km2 (#51) |
Population | 48,563,476 (#28) |
Population Density | 97.33/km2 |
Government Type | Parliamentary Constitutional Monarchy |
GDP (PPP) | $1,690.00 Billion |
GDP Per Capita | 36,500$ |
Currency | Euro (EUR) |
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