Spain-characteristics of the country

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SPAINSPAIN
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2. GENERALGENERAL
• Capital: Madrid ( 3, 044, 000 inhabitants)
• Official name: Reino de España
• Currency: Euro
• Membership: EU, NATO, OSN, CE,
OBSE, OECD

3. GEOGRAPHYGEOGRAPHY
• Situated: Iberian peninsula (between the
Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic ocean)
• Neighbours: France, Portugal, Andorra
• Belongs to Spain: Balearic and Canarian Islands
• Area: 504, 782 km2
• The highest mountain: Pico de Aneto - 3404m
Pico de Tide ( the Canarian)

4. WATERWATER
• Rivers: Tejo, Ebro, Duero, Guadalquivir
• Sea: Mediterranean Sea
Bay of Biscay

5. WEATHERWEATHER
• Subtropical
• Winters – mild / Summer - cold
• Rain: 200 mm - 3200 mm per year
• South and East - typical Mediterranean climate with
mild winter and hot, dry summer

6. INHABITANTSINHABITANTS
• Inhabitants – 40, 282, 400
• Nationalities: Spanish - 74%
Catalans -17%
Galician - 6%
Baskian - 2%
• Constitutional Monarchy
• Official language: Spanish
• Religion: Catolics - 99%

7. AGRICULTUREAGRICULTURE
• Wheat, oats, barley, rye, corn, rice, potatoes, sweet
potatoes, sugar cane, sugar beet, olives, soybean,
sunflower, fruit, vegetable, grapes
• Animals: Cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, poultry, horses,
donkeys
• Natural resources: wood, cork oak bark

8. TOURISMTOURISM
Favourite country for tourists:
• Costa Del Sol
• Costa Brava
• Costa Dorada
• Costa Del Maresme

9. HISTORYHISTORY
• 1479 – Spain is united
• 15th century - a period of great overseas discovery
• 1588 - the English victory over the Spanish
Another defeat in the 17th century loses Spain's position
of power
• After the Napoleonic wars, the Spanish colonial empire
in Latin America collapses
• 1898 - Spanish-American war is underway, Spain loses
Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Philippines
• 1936-1939 civil war, General Franco gets to power
• 1975 - Juan Carlos becomes king
• 1986 - Spain joins the EU
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10. FAMOUS PEOPLEFAMOUS PEOPLE
• Salvador Dalí – painter, writer
• Antonio Gaudí – architect
• Pablo Piccasso - painter

11. DICTIONARYDICTIONARY
How are you? - ¿Cómo
está usted?
Learn - Aprender
Read - leer
Play - Jugar
City - Ciudad
Hello - ¡Hola!
Good day - Buenos días
Goodbye - Hasta la vista
School - Escuela
Bread - Pan
Water - Agua
Mummy - Mamá
Daddy - Papá
Brother - Hermano
Sister - Hermana

12. INTERESTING FACTSINTERESTING FACTS
• Bull fights, guitar, cheese manchego, olivs, wine…
• Architecture: Cathedral – Santiago de Compostela -
pilgrimage
• Monastery - Montserrat
Cathedral - Sagrada de Familia (Barcelona)
Salamanca house of shells
Granada – Alhambra (Maor palace)
Cordoba – Mosque
Sevilla – Cathedral

13. Madrid (Palacio Real, palác El Prado),
Barcelona (Sagrada Familia-architect Gaudí, avenue Rambla de les
Flors)
Toledo (mosques, synagogs, spa, sword/knives produsction)
Valencia (Cathedral, IVAM- Institute of Modern Art, technical and
sea museums, planetary)
Granada (14th and 15th century palaces)
Sevilla (Giralda-mosque with minaret)
Morella (Mountain town with walls and production of dried ham)
Skiing and hiking in Sierra Nevada and the Pyrenees

14. PHOTOSPHOTOS
• Granada - ALHAMBRA

15. • Sevilla - Cathedral

16. • Cordoba

17. Sagrada Familia in Barcelona
Monastery

18. MadridMadrid

19. ToledoToledo

20. Thank you for your attention.Thank you for your attention.
Environment surrounding us as a challenge and responsibility
This project is funded by the European Union.
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Resources:
wikipedia (Spain), Geography textbook for primary schools for 2nd level.