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By: Kayla Nefedov

Take a Tour to Spain

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Geography

Geography 2

Geography 3

People

People 2

Religion

Economy

People 3People 3

Traditions

Fun Fact

Holidays

Holidays 2

Formula 1

Football

Bullfighting

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Geography

• The total area in Spain is 194,897 square miles.

• It is the second largest country in Western Europe and the European Union.

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Geography 2

• The Terrain is large, flat to dissected plateau surrounded by rugged hills.

• There Natural Resources are…..

coal, lignite, iron ore, copper, lead, zinc, uranium, tungsten, mercury, pyrites, magnesite, fluorspar, gypsum, sepiolite, kaolin, potash, hydropower,they have arable land too.

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Geography 3

• Spain occupies about 85 percent of the Iberian Peninsula and is surrounded by water for about 88 percent of its periphery.

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People

• The population in Spain is 40,525,002 people.

• In Madrid the capital there is 5,130,000 people in the metro area.

• Barcelona , has 1,528,800 people because of it’s tourism.

• Life expectations for women are about 83 years old. Men live to be about 76. The births and deaths occur about every 1,000 people.

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People 2

• The head of the state is King Julian Carlos.

• The prime minister is Jose Luis’ Rodriguez Zapatero.

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People 3

• The language that the people speak are Castilian Spanish which is the official language. It also is the second most spoken language.

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Religion

• The chief religion is Roman Catholic which is 94%.

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Economy

• The budget that Spain makes is 17.5 billion dollars.

• Finance dollars is Euro’s .68 is equal to $1.00 in U.S.A.

• The government type is a constitutional monarchy.

• The economy industries

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Traditions

• In 2004 Barcelona declared itself an anti-bullfighting city , because of the bulls death.

• A myth in 1628 has it that a lizard of Jaen eats the local village people if they go to the local fountains. So every year they celebrate the knight who scared it away.

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Fun Fact

• Spain has the world’s biggest food fight ever 30,000 people throw tomato’s all around Spain!

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Holidays• Spain has many of the same holidays as

us.

• One of there unique holidays is on October 31 it’s called the Day of the Dead where they commemorate there dead loved ones

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Holidays 2Holiday: Date:

Day of the Dead October 31

Feliz’ Navidad’ December 25

La Tomatina August

Dia de Santiago

July 25

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Formula 1• They also have a sport called Formula 1. It’s

basically drag racing.

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Football

• Football is more than just a sport for the Spanish people it’s {a way of life} as some say. Football is not the American sport that you think of it’s like soccer here, but “football” there.

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Bullfighting

• Bullfighting is one of the best loved, and a national sport.

• origins back to 711 A.D

• People watching it adds up to about 1 million every year

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Current Issues

• Like many other places a current issue is unemployment.

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Famous Food

• They have lot’s of traditional dishes such as Basque cake a easy to make dessert.

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Festivals

• Spain has the world’s biggest food fight ever 30,000 people throw tomato’s all around Spain!, Called La Tomatina.

• Celebration of the patron Saint of Spain. Fireworks, parades, televised mass, and it’s a National holiday. It’s called Dia de Santiago

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Education

• They have 6 hours of school like us, and go to school 5 days of the week.

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Alphabet• A: a, B: be, C: ce, CH: che, D: de, E: e, F: efe, G:

ge, H:hache, I:I, J:jota, K:kay, L:ele,LL:elle,M:eme, N:ene, N:ene, O:o, P:pe, Q:cu, R:ere, S:ese, T:te, U:u

V:ve, W:uve doble, X:equis, Y:I griega, Z:zeta