Geography of Spain

Frank PetrilloTravel Spain - Winter 2005

Geography of Spain

Music by: Paco de Lucia

• Location (Where is it?)

• Topography (What’s the land look like?)

• Climate (What’s the weather like?)

• Demography (Who lives there?)

Geography of Spain

• Southwestern Europe,

Southwest of France, East of Portugal.

Relative Location

Iceland

Ireland

United Kingdom

France

PortugalItaly

Turkey

Russia

PolandGermany

Norway

Sweden

Ukraine

Spain

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• Spain is also bordered by the North Atlantic Ocean, Bay of Biscay and the Mediterranean Sea.

• 40º North of the Equator (Latitude)• 4º West of Greenwich (Longitude)

Absolute Location

• The country has a total area of 492,503 sq km with 4,964 km of coastline.

Oregon

Washington

Spain

Oregon

• Oregon’s total area: 251, 418 sq km• Spain’s total area: 492,503 sq km

• There is a 9 hour difference in time between Spain

and Oregon.

• Spain: G.M.T. +1

• Oregon: G.M.T. -8

Topography

• The majority of Spain's landmass consists of the Meseta Central

• The Meseta Central is rimmed and dissected by five major mountain ranges

• Spain lies within a temperate climate zone.

• It's rugged topography gives rise to a great diversity of climates.

• Maritime climate prevails in northern part of country

• Southern Sections of the country have a predominantly continental climate with hot, dry summers.

Climate

• ESTIMATED POPULATION: 39,439,400

• SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT: Constitutional Monarchy

• PEOPLE: Four major ethnic groups that are divided by language, Castilian, Basque, Catalan and Galician.

• RELIGION: 97% of the population is Roman Catholic while less than 1% are Protestant.

• LANGUAGES: The official language is Castilian.

• Density; 79.1 persons per sq km.

Demography

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Frank PetrilloTravel Spain - Winter 2005