Country Overview of Spain

Team 3

SPAIN

Map of Spain

GEOGRAPHY

I. LOCATION

A. Geographic coordinates: 40 00 N, 4 00 W

B. Southwestern Europe

C. Southwest of France

D. Strategic location

i. Approaches to Strait of Gibraltar

ii. Territories in northern Morocco

II. LAND AREA

A. Total square kilometers 505, 370

i. Land: 498,980 sq km

ii. Water: 6,390 sq km

B. Total coastline 4,964 km

III. BORDER COUNTIRES

A. Andorra

B. France

C. Gibraltar

D. Portugal

E. Morocco (Ceuta)

F. Morocco (Melilla)

IV. CLIMATE

A. Temperate

B. Interior

i. Clear and hot summers

ii. Cloudy and cold winters

C. Along Coast

i. Moderate and cloudy summers

ii. Partly cloudy and cool winters

V. TERRAIN

A. Large flat plateau

B. Surrounded by rugged hills

C. Pyrenees in the North

D. Mediterranean Sea coastline

E. North Atlantic Ocean coastline

PEOPLE

I. POPULATION (July 2010 est.)

A. Total 46,505,963

B. Female

i. 0-14 years: 2,842,597

ii. 15-64 years: 13,601,399

iii. 65 years+ : 4,282,683

C. Male

i. 0-14 years: 3,021,822

ii. 15-64 years: 13,705,107

iii. 65 years+ : 3,071,394

II. POPULATION AND BIRTH RATES (2010 est.)

A. Population growth rate: 0.493%

B. Birth rate: 10.91 births/1,000 population

C. Death rate: 8.72 deaths/1,000 population

D. Infant mortality: 3.42 deaths/1,000 live births

E. Life expectancy at birth

i. Total population: 81.07 years

ii. Female: 84.27 years

iii. Male: 78.06 years

III. ETHNIC GROUPS

A. Mediterranean

B. Nordic types

IV. MAJOR RELIGIONS

A. Roman Catholic 94%

B. Other 6%

V. LANGUAGES

A. Official

i. Castle in Segovia Spain

Castilian Spanish 74%

B. Regionally official

i. Catalan 17%

ii. Galician 7%

iii. Basque 2%

VI. LITERACY RATE (2003 est.)

A. Ages 15 and over can read and write

B. Total...