Spain is a member country of the European Union since 1986, consisting of a constitutional monarchy with its capital in Madrid, in Euro currency, with an area of \u200b\u200b504 782 km ² with 40, 7 inhabitants.
Mainland Spain has high plateaus and mountain ranges like the Pyrenees and Sierra Nevada, the Quesala large rivers like the Ebro, the Duero, the Tagus and the Guadalquivir. The Balearic Islands are situated in the Mediterranean and the Canary Islands in the Atlantic coast of Africa.
Spain is a constitutional hereditary monarchy with a parliament. Catalonia, the Basque Country and Galicia have special status with its own language and other rights of the 1978 Constitution, which gives the respect for cultural and linguistic diversity within a united Spain. It is divided into 17 regions, each with its own directly elected authorities.
The main economic sectors in Spain are agriculture, fisheries, textiles and automotive, and tourism.
Velazquez in the seventeenth century, Goya in the eighteenth and nineteenth, to Picasso, Dalí and Miró in the twentieth century are examples of the rich English artistic culture. The flamenco music and dance are admired around the world, and work Cervantes Don Quixote de la Mancha is one of the landmarks of modern European literature.
English cuisine is known for paella, tortilla chips and sangria.
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