1. By: Kayla Nefedov Take a Tour to Spain Spain

2. 3. Where Do You Want to Go? Click Here to EXIT Geography Geography 2 Geography 3 People People 2 Religion Economy People 3 Traditions Fun Fact Holidays Holidays 2 Formula 1 Football Bullfighting 4. 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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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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Spain occupies about 85 percent of the Iberian Peninsula and is surrounded by water for about 88 percent of its periphery.

Back 7. People

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

In Madrid the capital there is5,130,000 people in the metro area.

Barcelona , has 1,528,800 people because of its 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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The head of the state is King Julian Carlos.

The prime minister is Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero.

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

Back 10. Religion

The chief religion is Roman Catholic which is 94%.

Back 11. Economy

The budget that Spain makes is 17.5 billion dollars.

Finance dollars is Euros .68 is equal to $1.00 in U.S.A.

The government type is a constitutional monarchy.

The economy industries

Back 12. 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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Spain has the worlds biggest food fight ever 30,000 people throw tomatos all around Spain!

Back 14. Holidays

Spain has many of the same holidays as us.

One of there unique holidays is on October 31 its called the Day of the Dead where they commemorate there dead loved ones

Back 15. Holidays 2 Back Holiday: Date: Day of the Dead October 31 Feliz Navidad December 25 La Tomatina August Dia de Santiago July 25 16. Formula 1

They also have a sport called Formula 1. Its basically drag racing.

Back 17. Football

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

Back 18. Bullfighting

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

origins back to 711 A.D

Peoplewatching it adds up to about 1 million every year

Back 19. Current Issues

Like many other places a current issue is unemployment.

Back 20. Famous Food

They have lots of traditional dishes such as Basque cake a easy to make dessert.

Back 21. Festivals

Spain has the worlds biggest food fight ever 30,000 people throw tomatos all around Spain!, Called La Tomatina.

Celebration of the patron Saint of Spain. Fireworks, parades, televised mass, and its a National holiday. Its calledDia de Santiago

22. Education

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

23. 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