| Location |
South Europe |
| Capital |
Madrid |
| Main Religion |
Christianity (catholicism) |
| National Language |
Spanish (Castillian). Other official languages
(in the autonomous communities) comprise Catalan and Basque.
Spain has a lot of linguistic minorities. |
| History |
In 1037, "Castillia" became an independent state.
It merged with "Aragon" in 1479 as Spain. The communities of
"Basque" and "Catalonia" have a far going autonomy.
The Basque provinces have a violent independence movement.
Spain is a member of the European Union
since 1986. |
| International Oval |
E |
| ISO Code |
ES |