Reino de España- Kingdom of Spain

is a country located in Southern Europe, is a country located in Southern Europe,

with two small exclaves in North Africa with two small exclaves in North Africa

(both bordering Morocco).(both bordering Morocco).

Reino de España- Kingdom of Spain

Area: 505,992 km²

Population: 44,708,964

Density: 88,39/km²

Languages:

Official: Castilian (Spanish)Co-official: Catalan, Basque, Galician

Unofficial: Asturian, Aragonese, Aranese (dialect of Occitan),

ValencianDialect: Murcian, Andaluz

Pyrenees MountainsPyrenees Mountains

Sierra NevadaSierra Nevada

Tejo River

Elbro river

Douro river

Guadiana River

Bridge over river Guadiana

Coast of CantabriaCoast of Cantabria

Basque coastBasque coast

Murcia

The Balearic islands

The Canary Islands

Mount Teide

The most densely populated metropolitan regions

Madrid: 5,946,572

Barcelona: 5,315,758

Valencia: 1,623,724

Sevilla: 1,317,098

Málaga: 1,074,074

Bilbao: 946,829

Palacio Real de Madrid Palacio Real de Madrid

Barcelona

The Cathedral of Valencia

The Hemispheric at the Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències

Málaga harbour

The internationally acclaimed Guggenheim Museum

National Holidays in Spain

• Jan 1st Año 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)

Three Kings Day (Los Reyes)

Traditional Music and Dance in Spain

Instruments in traditional Spanish music

castanets tambourines guitar

FlamencoFlamenco

Ball de bastons

BullfightsBullfights

SpanishSpanish foodfood

TapasTapas

TapasTapas is the name for a wide is the name for a wide variety of appetizers in Spanish variety of appetizers in Spanish

cuisine.cuisine.

PaellaPaella

Paella is a rice dish, eaten Paella is a rice dish, eaten especially on Sundays and especially on Sundays and atat Fiestas usually at the midday Fiestas usually at the midday

meal, not in the evening.meal, not in the evening.

MariscosMariscos

Mariscos (shellfish) is the collective term used to

describe clams, mussels, oysters, squid, scallop, shrimp,

lobster, crayfish, and crab.

Tortilla de patatasTortilla 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.