Spain, officially the Kingdom of Spain (Spanish: Reino de España), is a country in southwestern Europe with 48,958,159 (2017) inhabitants and an area of 505,992 km². The country covers roughly 80% of the Iberian Peninsula. Apart from that, the Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean, the Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean and the Spanish exclaves in North Africa belong to the country.
In the northeast, Spain borders France and Andorra, along the entire length of the Pyrenees, in the west on Portugal, in the south on the British colony of Gibraltar and via the exclaves Melilla and Ceuta on Morocco. The capital of Spain is Madrid, a city with more than 3 million inhabitants located in the middle of the country.
Spain is a diverse country with very different cultures, languages, eating habits and climates. The country varies from the rainy fishing villages in Galicia to the nightlife of Madrid, from the tourist coasts on the Mediterranean to the flamenco dancing of Andalusia and from bullfighting in many parts of the country to modern Barcelona in Catalonia.
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