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Reino de Espaa- Kingdom of Spain is a country located in Southern Europe, with two small exclaves in North Africa (both bordering Morocco). Slide 2 Slide 3 Reino de Espaa- Kingdom of Spain Area: 505,992 km Population: 44,708,964 Density: 88,39/km Languages: Official: Castilian (Spanish) Co-official: Catalan, Basque, Galician Unofficial: Asturian, Aragonese, Aranese (dialect of Occitan), Valencian Dialect: Murcian, Andaluz Slide 4 Slide 5 Pyrenees Mountains Slide 6 Sierra Nevada Slide 7 Tejo River Slide 8 Elbro river Slide 9 Douro river Slide 10 Guadiana River Bridge over river Guadiana Slide 11 Slide 12 Coast of Cantabria Slide 13 Basque coast Slide 14 Murcia Slide 15 The Balearic islands Slide 16 The Canary Islands Slide 17 Mount Teide Slide 18 Slide 19 The most densely populated metropolitan regions Madrid: 5,946,572 Barcelona: 5,315,758 Valencia: 1,623,724 Sevilla: 1,317,098 Mlaga: 1,074,074 Bilbao: 946,829 Slide 20 Palacio Real de Madrid Slide 21 Barcelona Slide 22 The Cathedral of Valencia Slide 23 The Hemispheric at the Ciutat de les Arts i les Cincies Slide 24 Slide 25 Mlaga harbour Slide 26 The internationally acclaimed Guggenheim Museum Slide 27 National Holidays in Spain Jan 1st Ao Nuevo (New Year's Day) Jan 6th Dia de los tres Reyes (12th night, when Christmas presents are given) Mar 19th San Jose (Father's Day) Viernes Santo (Good Friday) Dia de Pascua (Easter Sunday) May 1st Dia del Trabajo (Labour Day) Jun 24th San Juan (St.John's Day) (mid June) Corpus Christi Jun 29th San Pedro y San Pablo (St.Peter & St.Paul) Jul 25th Santiago (St.James, patron saint of Spain) Aug 15th Asuncion (Assumption) Oct 12th Dia de la Hispanidad (Columbus Day) Nov 1st Todos los Santos (All Saints Day) Dec 6thDia de la Constitucion (Constitution Day) Dec 8th Immaculada Concepcion (Immaculate Conception) Dec 25th Navidad (Christmas Day) Slide 28 Three Kings Day (Los Reyes) Slide 29 Traditional Music and Dance in Spain Instruments in traditional Spanish music castanets tambourines guitar Slide 30 Flamenco Slide 31 Slide 32 Ball de bastons Slide 33 Bullfights Slide 34 Spanishfood Spanish food Tapas Tapas is the name for a wide variety of appetizers in Spanish cuisine. Paella Paella is a rice dish, eaten especially on Sundays and at Fiestas usually at the midday meal, not in the evening. Slide 35 Mariscos Mariscos (shellfish) is the collective term used to describe clams, mussels, oysters, squid, scallop, shrimp, lobster, crayfish, and crab. Tortilla de patatas Tortilla de patatas is sometimes called tortilla Espanola (Spanish omelet) to differentiate it from the dish commonly known as tortilla francesa (French omelet) or just tortilla, which is made only with eggs.