Facts  and Figures

Full name: Kingdom of Spain  

Nationality
        noun: Spaniards
        adjective: Spanish

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Area
        total: 504,782 sq km
        land: 499,542 sq km
        water: 5,240 sq km

Population: 40,341,462 (July 2005 est.)

Ethnic groups:composite of Mediterranean and Nordic types

Capital: Madrid, population - 3.099.834 

Largest Cities
        Bg Madrid - 3.099.834
        Barcelona - 1.578.546
        Valencia - 785.732
        Sevilla - 704.203
        Zaragoza - 638.799
        Málaga - 547.731
        Murcia - 398.815
        Las Palmas de Gran Canaria - 376.953
        Palma de Mallorca - 368.974
        Bilbao - 352.317
        Valladolid - 321.713
        Córdoba - 319.692
        Alicante - 310.330
        Vigo - 292.059
        Gijón - 271.039
        L'Hospitalet de Llobregat - 250.536
        A Coruña - 242.846
        Granada - 238.292
        Vitoria - 223.702
        Santa Cruz de Tenerife - 219.446
        Badalona - 214.874
        Oviedo - 209.495
        Elche - 209.439
        Móstoles - 202.496

Official Language
        Castilian Spanish 74%
        Catalan 17%
        Galician 7%
        Basque 2% note - Castilian is the official language nationwide; the other languages are official regionally

Religion
        Roman Catholic 94%
        other 6%

Political system:  constitutional monarchy

GDP: purchasing power parity - $937.6 billion (2004 est.)

GDP per head: purchasing power parity - $23,300 (2004 est.)

Annual growth: 2.6% (2004 est.)

GDP - composition by sector
        agriculture: 3.5%
        industry: 28.5%
        services: 68% (2004 est.)

Inflation: 3.2% (2004 est.)

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