This document provides information about Spain, its capital Madrid, the nearby city of Alcorcón, and the Parque de Lisboa high school. It notes that Spain's capital is Madrid, it has a population of over 47 million, and its currency is the Euro. Madrid has over 3 million residents and popular landmarks. Alcorcón is located 13 km from Madrid and has around 170,000 people. Parque de Lisboa high school is a bilingual school with over 700 students that offers most subjects in English and Spanish.

1. Spain
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3. Spain
as a country
SPAIN
FRANCE
Capital City
Madrid
Paris
Surface Area
504 645 km²
675 417 km²
Type of Goverment
Parliamentary
Unitary semi-presidential
Constitutional Democratic constitutional republic
Monarchy
Population
47 129 783 inhabitants
65.578.819 inhabitants
It is divided in….
17 autonomous
communities and 2
autonomous cities
27 régions (22 in Europe
and the other 5 in
overseas

4. Spain
as a country
SPAIN
FRANCE
Current coin
Euro
Euro
Former coin
Peseta
French Franc
Plus Ultra
Spanish
Motto
(“far
beyond”)

6. Madrid
the capital city
• Madrid is the capital city of Spain and of
the autonomous community of Madrid
• It has 3 207 247 inhabitants, and it is the
third most populated city in Europe
• In Madrid you can visit Puerta del Sol, the
Cibeles fountain, the Plaza Mayor, the
Gran Vía, the Retiro Park…
• Madrid is a city to enjoy. Christmas is the
best season to visit it.

8. Alcorcón
The adyacent city
• Alcorcón is a city located in the south-west of
Madrid, and it is 13 km far from the capital.
• Our population is of 169,773 inhabitants.
• Its name comes from the “alcornoque” tree (cork
tree).
• Our main church is called “Santa María la Blanca”
and it is located in the centre of Alcorcón.
• Other interesting places to visit are:
– Parque Polvoranca
– Museum of Glass

10. Parque de Lisboa
Our high school
• It is a bilingual high school, we learn English as it
is our native language.
• Located in the Parque de Lisboa
neighborhood
• It was created in 1989 as Alcorcón V, but it later
changed its name to Parque de Lisboa
• It has received a lot of prizes and won a lot of
knowledge contests.
• We are over 700 students and 50 teachers.

11. Parque de Lisboa
• We have 17 hours of subjects in English out
of 32, 13 in Spanish and 2 hours of French
• It has coordinated and participated in lots of
Comenius’ projects, exchanges, etc. We are
used to receive foreign students and we treat
them as students of the school.
• There´s a great atmosphere among teachers
and students. When you come, you will feel
as if you were in your home.

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