3. SPAIN / ESPAÑA
Area: 504.645 Km2. Population: 46.157.822
Spain is located in the
Iberian Península, in
western Europe, between
the Atlantic ocean and the
Mediterranean sea.
It has an average altitude
of 650 m above the sea
level ; it is the second
most mountainous
country in Europe.
These factors give the
country a wide variety of
landscapes.
4. Our province: ALMERÍA
It is in Andalucía, in the
southeast of Spain. It is the
driest part of the country
and has the highest
number of sunny days per
year.
Las Norias de Daza
Sun hours, warm temperature and plenty of underground
water, create the conditions to develop a profitable intensive
agriculture: the greenhouse farming
5. The greenhouse farming
In the Poniente area, in the
southwest of the province, you’ll
find hectares covered in plastic.
The consecuences for the
landscape have been dramatic,
even you can see from the space.
This also affects population:
there’s a need of non-qualified
manpower, to work in hard
conditions. This has brought lots The porcentage of imigrant
of immigrants, expecially from population in the municipality of El
african countries Ejido is over 20 %. In our village,
Las Norias, this porcentage rises
almost to 60 %.
6. SPAIN FROM THE SPACE
Poniente County: it is
not snowed, it’s what we call
the plastic sea…
7. Did you know...?
Many films have been shot in Almeria. Its landscapes are
unique in Europe. Do you remember Lawrence of Arabia,
Indiana Jones and the last crusade or Conan the
barbarian?
And do not forget Western movies...
10. From the sport yard you can see the mountains,
even Sierra Nevada and Mulhacén peak (3484m),
the higest in the Iberian Peninsula.
11. El I.E.S. Las Norias has 48 teachers and
466 pupils of 16 different nationalities.
Secundarie studies The high percentage of
and V.E.T (vocational immigrants (over 50%), makes
education training) our job more “interesting”.
studies are taught in Mainly, we have to take over
this school. two problems:
•.- Inter-ethnic coexistence
and among the different
nationalities.
•.- Uneven academic level of
the pupils.
12. We have to work up a big amount of
different plans and projects, organizing
lots of activities throughout the year.
