Some information we hope you find usefull when picking your destination. If this is your first visit to
Spain then this information
could help you prepare for your holiday in
Spain and hopefully with your car-hire selection.
Spain is located near
Southwestern Europe, bordering the Bay of Biscay, Mediterranean Sea, North Atlantic Ocean, and Pyrenees Mountains, southwest of FranceSpain shares it's boundaries with the following countries ([country name] [length of boundary])
Andorra 63.7 km, France 623 km, Gibraltar 1.2 km, Portugal 1,214 km, Morocco (Ceuta) 6.3 km, Morocco (Melilla) 9.6 km .
Spain has
4,964 km of coastline and it's climate tends to be
temperate; clear, hot summers in interior, more moderate and cloudy along coast; cloudy, cold winters in interior, partly cloudy and cool along coast it's terrain for those interested
is
large, flat to dissected plateau surrounded by rugged hills; Pyrenees in north .
The population of
Spain is
40,491,052 it's capital is
Madrid and the most commonly spoken languages are
Castilian Spanish (official) 74%, Catalan 17%, Galician 7%, Basque 2%, are official regionally .
information is uptodate, retrieved from Central Intelligence Agency
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