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Location: Southwestern Europe, bordering the Bay of Biscay, Mediterranean Sea, North Atlantic Ocean, and Pyrenees Mountains, southwest of France
Capital city: Madrid
Form of government: Parliamentary Monarchy
Total surface area in sq.km: 504,782 sq km
Population : 40,491,052 (July 2008 est.)
Literacy rate (total population): 97.90%
Official language: Castilian Spanish (official), Catalan, Galician, Basque, are official regionally
Climate: temperate; clear, hot summers in interior, more moderate and cloudy along coast; cloudy, cold winters in interior, partly cloudy and cool along coast
Currency: euro (EUR) |
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GDP (purchasing power parity): $1.378 trillion (2008 est.)
GDP per capita (PPP): $34,100 (2008 est.)
GDP Real growth rate: 1.3% (2008 est.)
GDP (official exchange rate) : $1.683 trillion (2008 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 4.4% (2008 est.)
Exports: $292.8 billion f.o.b. (2008 est.)
Export commodities: machinery, motor vehicles; foodstuffs, pharmaceuticals, medicines, other consumer goods
Export partners: France 18.8%, Germany 10.8%, Portugal 8.6%, Italy 8.5%, UK 7.6%, US 4.2% (2007)
Imports: $444.9 billion f.o.b. (2008 est.)
Import commodities; machinery and equipment, fuels, chemicals, semifinished goods, foodstuffs, consumer goods, measuring and medical control instruments
Import partners: Germany 15.7%, France 12.7%, Italy 8.4%, China 5.8%, UK 4.8%, Netherlands 4.6% (2007) |
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Airports: 154 (2007)
Railways: 14,974 km
Roadways: 681,224 km
Waterways: 1,000 km (2008)
Ports & terminals: Algeciras, Barcelona, Bilbao, Cartagena, Huelva, Tarragona, Valencia |
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Telephones-main lines: 18.583 million (2007)
Telephones-mobile cellular: 48.813 million (2007)
Internet users: 19.69 million (2007)
Internet country code: .es |
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| Source: CIA World Factbook |
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