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Geography of Spain
Frank PetrilloTravel Spain - Winter 2005
Geography of Spain
Music by: Paco de Lucia
• Location (Where is it?)
• Topography (What’s the land look like?)
• Climate (What’s the weather like?)
• Demography (Who lives there?)
Geography of Spain
• Southwestern Europe,
Southwest of France, East of Portugal.
Relative Location
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Spain
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• Oregon’s total area: 251, 418 sq km• Spain’s total area: 492,503 sq km
Topography
• The majority of Spain's landmass consists of the Meseta Central
• The Meseta Central is rimmed and dissected by five major mountain ranges
• Spain lies within a temperate climate zone.
• It's rugged topography gives rise to a great diversity of climates.
• Maritime climate prevails in northern part of country
• Southern Sections of the country have a predominantly continental climate with hot, dry summers.
Climate
• ESTIMATED POPULATION: 39,439,400
• SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT: Constitutional Monarchy
• PEOPLE: Four major ethnic groups that are divided by language, Castilian, Basque, Catalan and Galician.
• RELIGION: 97% of the population is Roman Catholic while less than 1% are Protestant.
• LANGUAGES: The official language is Castilian.
• Density; 79.1 persons per sq km.
Demography