Spain

Spain is famous for its friendly inhabitants, relaxed lifestyle, its cuisine, vibrant nightlife, and world-famous folklore and festivities, and historically the core of the vast Spanish Empire.
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is Spain's capital and largest city. A city that has been marked by Spain's varied and tumultuous history, has some of Europe's most impressive cultural and architectural heritage, which includes grand avenues, plazas, buildings and monuments, world-class art galleries and museums, highly popular football teams, and cultural events of international fame for everyone.

is Spain's second largest city, with a population of nearly two million people, and the capital of . A major port on the northeastern Mediterranean coast of Spain, has a wide variety of attractions that bring in tourists from around the globe.

is 's capital. With heritage from the Arabs and from the Age of Discovery, as well as the flamenco scene, is a diverse destination.

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is the southern part of Spain. It has a heritage back to the Roman Empire, and a diverse scenery of deserts, beaches along the and and the range, with Iberia's tallest mountains, and Europe's southernmost ski resorts.

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The Meseta Central is one of the basic geographical units of the . It consists of a plateau covering a large part of the latter's interior.

is a region in northern Spain. Forget the Spanish stereotypes of bullfighting, flamenco dancers, and sunwashed beaches — with its ancient Celtic heritage, bagpipe players, and often rainy weather, is more akin to than the rest of the country.

The or Canaries are an archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean and the southernmost autonomous community of Spain. They are located 100 kilometers to the northwest of the continent.

The are an archipelago in the Mediterranean Sea, off the coast of Spain. The four major islands are popular tourist destinations. Ibiza, in particular, is known as an international party destination, attracting many of the world's most popular DJs to its nightclubs.

consists of some peninsulas and islands along the coast of that are a part of Spain.

Spain

Latitude of center
40.45° or 40° 27′ north
Longitude of center
-3.25° or 3° 15′ west
Population
46,200,000
Area
504,782 km² (194,897 miles²)
Elevation
511 metres (1,677 feet)
Capital
Currency
Euro (EUR)
Phone code
.es
Internet domain
34
Open­Street­Map ID
node 148332300
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­country
Geo­Names ID
2510769
Wiki­data ID
Q29
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In Other Languages

From Abkhazian to Zulu—“Spain” goes by many names.
  • Abkhazian: Испаниа
  • Achinese: Seupanyo
  • Adyghe: Испание
  • Afrikaans: Spanje
  • Akan: Spain
  • Albanian: Spanja
  • Albanian: Spanjë
  • Algerian Arabic: سبانيا
  • Amharic: ስፔን
  • Amharic: እስፓንያ
  • Amis: Spain
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): Βασιλεία τῆς Ἱσπανίας
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): Ἱσπανία
  • Angika: स्पेन
  • Arabic: أسبانيا
  • Arabic: إسبانيا
  • Arabic: اسبانيا
  • Arabic: مملكة إسبانيا
  • Aragonese: España
  • Aragonese: Espanya
  • Armenian: Իսպանիա
  • Armenian: Իսպանիայի Թագավորություն
  • Arpitan: Èspagne
  • Assamese: স্পেইন
  • Asturian: España
  • Asturian: Reinu d’España
  • Atayal: Spain
  • Avaric: Испан
  • Avaric: Испания
  • Awadhi: स्पेन
  • Aymara: Ispaña
  • Azerbaijani: İspaniya
  • Balinese: Spanyol
  • Bambara: Esipaɲi
  • Bambara: Ɛsipaɲi
  • Bashkir: Испания
  • Basque: Espainia
  • Basque: Espainiako Erresuma
  • Batak Mandailing: Spanyol
  • Bavarian: Spanien
  • Belarusian: Гішпанія
  • Belarusian: Іспанія
  • Bengali: ইএস
  • Bengali: ইএসপি
  • Bengali: স্পেন রাজ্য
  • Bengali: স্পেন
  • Betawi: Spanyol
  • Bhojpuri: इस्पाना
  • Bhojpuri: इस्पेन
  • Bhojpuri: स्पेन
  • Bishnupriya: স্পেন
  • Bislama: Kingdom blong Spen
  • Bislama: Spain
  • Bislama: Spein
  • Bislama: Spen
  • Bosnian: Španija
  • Breton: Spagn
  • Buginese: Spanyol
  • Bulgarian: Испания
  • Bulgarian: Кралство Испания
  • Burmese: စပိန်
  • Burmese: စပိန်နိုင်ငံ
  • Cajun French: Espagne
  • Catalan: Espanya
  • Catalan: La pell de brau
  • Catalan: Regne d’Espanya
  • Cebuano: Espanya
  • Central Bikol: Espanya
  • Central Kanuri: Spain
  • Central Kurdish: ئیسپانیا
  • Chamorro: España
  • Chavacano: España
  • Chechen: Испани
  • Cherokee: ᎠᏂᏍᏆᏂᏱ
  • Cherokee: ᏍᏆᏂᏱ
  • Cheyenne: Spain
  • Chinese: Se-pan-gâ
  • Chinese: Xībānyá
  • Chinese: 西班牙
  • Chinese: 西班牙王国
  • Chinese: 西班牙王國
  • Church Slavic: Їспанїꙗ
  • Chuvash: Испани
  • Cornish: Spayn
  • Corsican: Spagna
  • Crimean Tatar: İspaniya
  • Croatian: Španjolska
  • Czech: Španělské království
  • Czech: Španělsko
  • Dagbani: Spain
  • Danish: Spanien
  • Dhivehi: އިސްޕެއިން
  • Dimli (individual language): İspanya
  • Dinka: Spain
  • Dotyali: स्पेन
  • Dutch: Koninkrijk Spanje
  • Dutch: Spanje
  • Dzongkha: སིཔཱེན་
  • Dzongkha: ཨིས་པེན
  • Eastern Mari: Испаний
  • Egyptian Arabic: اسبانيا
  • Erzya: Испания Мастор
  • Esperanto: Hispana Ŝtato
  • Esperanto: Hispanio
  • Esperanto: Hispanujo
  • Esperanto: Reĝlando Hispanio
  • Estonian: Hispaania
  • Ewe: Spain nutome
  • Ewe: Spain
  • Extremaduran: España
  • Extremaduran: Reinu d’España
  • Faroese: Spania
  • Fiji Hindi: Spain
  • Fijian: Sipeni
  • Finnish: Espanja
  • French: Esp.
  • French: Espagne
  • French: Royaume d’Espagne
  • Friulian: Spagne
  • Fulah: Espaañ
  • Fulah: Hispaanya
  • Gagauz: İspaniya
  • Galician: España
  • Galician: Reino de España
  • Gan Chinese: 西班牙
  • Ganda: Sipeyini
  • Ganda: Spain
  • Georgian: ესპანეთი
  • German: Königreich Spanien
  • German: Spanien
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: Spain
  • Gilaki: ايسپانيا پادشايي
  • Gilaki: ايسپانيا
  • Goan Konkani: Spain
  • Goan Konkani: स्पेन
  • Gothic: 𐌷𐌴𐌹𐍃𐍀𐌰𐌽𐌾𐌰
  • Greek: Βασίλειο της Ισπανίας
  • Greek: Ισπανία
  • Guarani: Epáña
  • Guarani: España
  • Guianese Creole French: Èspagn
  • Guianese Creole French: Èspangn
  • Guianese Creole French: Lèspagn
  • Guianese Creole French: Lèspangn
  • Guianese Creole French: Rwéyonm di Lèspagn
  • Guianese Creole French: Rwéyonm di Lèspangn
  • Gujarati: સ્પેઇન
  • Gujarati: સ્પેન
  • Haitian: Espay
  • Hakka Chinese: Sî-pân-ngà
  • Hausa: Ispaniya
  • Hausa: Sipen
  • Hawaiian: Kepania
  • Hawaiian: Sepania
  • Hebrew: ספרד
  • Hindi: स्पेन
  • Hungarian: Spanyolország
  • Iban: Sepanyol
  • Icelandic: Spánn
  • Ido: Hispania
  • Igbo: Spain
  • Iloko: España
  • Iloko: Espania
  • Inari Sami: Espanja kunâgâskodde
  • Inari Sami: Espanja
  • Indonesian: Spanyol
  • Ingush: Испания
  • Ingush: ХӀиспани
  • Interlingua: Espania
  • Interlingue: Hispania
  • Inuktitut: ᓯᐸᐃᓐ
  • Inupiaq: Ispaña
  • Inupiaq: Spaña
  • Irish: an Spáinn
  • Irish: An Spáinn
  • Italian: Regno di Spagna
  • Italian: Spagna
  • Jamaican Creole English: Spien
  • Japanese: スペイン
  • Javanese: Sepanyol
  • Javanese: Spanyol
  • Kabardian: Исбухьэн
  • Kabardian: Эспаниэ
  • Kabiyè: Ɛsɩpaañɩ
  • Kabuverdianu: Spanha
  • Kabyle: Spenyul
  • Kabyle: Tagelda n Spenyul
  • Kadazan Dusun: Sepanyol
  • Kalaallisut: Spania
  • Kalmyk: Эспанмудин Нутг
  • Kalmyk: Эспанмудин Нутуг
  • Kannada: ಸ್ಪೇನ್
  • Kannada: ಸ್ಪೈನ್
  • Kara-Kalpak: Ispaniya
  • Kara-Kalpak: İspaniya
  • Karachay-Balkar: Испания
  • Kashmiri: Spēna
  • Kashmiri: سٕپین
  • Kashmiri: ہِسپٲنِیا
  • Kashubian: Szpańskô
  • Kazakh: Испания
  • Khmer: អេស្ប៉ាញ
  • Kikuyu: Hispania
  • Kinaray-A: Espanya
  • Kinyarwanda: Esipanye
  • Kirghiz: Испания
  • Komering: Spanyol
  • Komi-Permyak: Эспання
  • Komi: Испания
  • Komi: Испання
  • Kongo: Espania
  • Korean: 스페인 왕국
  • Korean: 스페인
  • Korean: 에스빠냐
  • Korean: 에스파냐
  • Kotava: Espana
  • Kurdish: Spanya
  • Ladin: Spania
  • Ladino: Espanya
  • Lao: Spain
  • Lao: ສະເປນ
  • Lao: ປະເທດແອັດສະປາຍ
  • Lao: ແອັດສະປາຍ
  • Latgalian: Spaneja
  • Latin: Hesperia
  • Latin: Hispania
  • Latvian: Spānija
  • Lezghian: Испания
  • Ligurian: Spagna
  • Ligurian: Spàgna
  • Limburgan: Spaanje
  • Limburgan: Spanje
  • Lingala: Esipanye
  • Lingala: Espania
  • Lingua Franca Nova: Espania
  • Lingua Franca Nova: Rena de Espania
  • Literary Chinese: 西班牙
  • Lithuanian: Ispanija
  • Liv: Spāņmō
  • Livvi: Ispuanii
  • Lojban: sangu’e
  • Lojban: sangue
  • Lombard: Spagna
  • Low German: Spanien
  • Low German: Spanje
  • Lower Sorbian: Špańska
  • Luba-Katanga: Nsipani
  • Lule Sami: Spánska gånågisrijkka
  • Lule Sami: Spánsska
  • Luxembourgish: Kinnekräich Spuenien
  • Luxembourgish: Spanien
  • Luxembourgish: Spuenien
  • Macedo-Romanian: Ispania
  • Macedonian: Шпанија
  • Madurese: Spanyol
  • Maithili: स्पेन
  • Malagasy: Espaina
  • Malay: Sepanyol
  • Malay: سڤاڽول
  • Malayalam: കിങ്ഡം ഒഫ് സ്പെയിൻ
  • Malayalam: സ്‌പെയിൻ
  • Malayalam: സ്പെയിൻ
  • Maltese: Renju ta’ Spanja
  • Maltese: Spanja
  • Manipuri: ꯁ꯭ꯄꯦꯟ
  • Manx: Reeriaght y Spaainey
  • Manx: Spainey
  • Manx: y Spaainey
  • Manx: y Spainey
  • Manx: Yn Spaainey
  • Maori: Pāniora
  • Marathi: स्पेन
  • Mazanderani: ایسپانیا
  • Mesopotamian Arabic: اسبانيا
  • Mesopotamian Arabic: مملكة اسبانيا
  • Min Dong Chinese: Să̤-băng-ngà
  • Min Nan Chinese: Se-pan-gâ
  • Minangkabau: Spanyol
  • Mingrelian: ესპანეთი
  • Mirandese: Spanha
  • Moksha: Испания
  • Mongolian: Испани
  • Moroccan Arabic: الصبليون
  • Moroccan Arabic: سپانيا
  • Moroccan Arabic: صبانيا
  • Moroccan Arabic: صبليون
  • Mossi: Spain
  • N'Ko: ߊߛߌߔߊ߲߫
  • N'Ko: ߍߛߑߔߊߢߌ߲߫
  • Narom: Espangne
  • Nauru: Pain
  • Navajo: Dibé Diníí Bikéyah
  • Navajo: Naakaii Łibáhí Bikéyah
  • Neapolitan: Spagna
  • Nepali: स्पेन
  • Newari: स्पेन
  • Nigerian Pidgin: Spain
  • North Ndebele: Spain
  • Northern Frisian: Spaanien
  • Northern Frisian: Spoonien
  • Northern Luri: اسپانیا
  • Northern Sami: Espánjja
  • Northern Sami: Espánnja gonagasriika
  • Northern Sami: Espánnja
  • Northern Sami: Spánia gonagasriika
  • Northern Sami: Spánia
  • Norwegian Bokmål: España
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Reino de España
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Spania
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Spanien
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Spania
  • Norwegian: Spania
  • Novial: Spania
  • Nyanja: Spain
  • Obolo: Sipen
  • Occitan (post 1500): Espanha
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): ܐܣܦܢܝܐ
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): Ispania
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): Ispānia
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): Spéonland
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): Spēonland
  • Oriya: ସ୍ପେନ
  • Oriya: ସ୍ପେନ୍
  • Oromo: Ispeen
  • Ossetian: Испани
  • Pali: स्पेन
  • Pampanga: Cayarián ning España
  • Pampanga: Espanya
  • Pampanga: Kayárian ning Espania
  • Pangasinan: Espanya
  • Panjabi: ਸਪੇਨ
  • Papiamento: Spaña
  • Pedi: Spain
  • Pennsylvania German: Schpaani
  • Persian: اسپانیا
  • Persian: پادشاهی اسپانیا
  • Pfaelzisch: Keenichreich Spanien
  • Pfaelzisch: Spanien
  • Picard: Espanne
  • Piemontese: Spagna
  • Pitcairn-Norfolk: Spain
  • Polish: Hiszpania
  • Pontic: Ισπανία
  • Portuguese: Espanha
  • Portuguese: Reino da Espanha
  • Portuguese: Reino de Espanha
  • Prussian: Spānija
  • Prussian: Špānija
  • Prussian: Spāniska Kunnegista
  • Prussian: Špāniska Kunnegista
  • Pushto: اسپانیا
  • Pushto: هسپانیه
  • Quechua: España
  • Quechua: Ispaña
  • Romanian: Regatul Spaniei
  • Romanian: Spania
  • Romansh: Spagna
  • Rundi: Esipanye
  • Rundi: Hisipaniya
  • Russia Buriat: Испани
  • Russian: Испания
  • Russian: Королевство Испания
  • Russian: Эспанья
  • Rusyn: Іспанія
  • Sakizaya: Spain
  • Samoan: Sepa­nia
  • Samoan: Spania
  • Samogitian: Ispanėjė
  • Sango: Espânye
  • Sanskrit: स्पेन्
  • Santali: ᱮᱥᱯᱮᱱ
  • Saraiki: اسپین
  • Sardinian: Ispagna
  • Saterfriesisch: Spanien
  • Scots: Kinrick o Spain
  • Scots: Kinrick o Spainie
  • Scots: Spain
  • Scots: Spainie
  • Scottish Gaelic: An Spàinn
  • Scottish Gaelic: An Spàinnt
  • Serbian: Španija
  • Serbian: Еспања
  • Serbian: Краљевина Шпанија
  • Serbian: Шпанија
  • Serbian: Шпанско Краљевство
  • Serbian: Шпањолска
  • Serbo-Croatian: Španija
  • Shan: မိူင်းသပဵၼ်ႇ
  • Shona: Spain
  • Shona: Speini
  • Sicilian: Spagna
  • Silesian: Szpańijo
  • Sindhi: اسپين
  • Sinhala: ස්පාඤ්ඤය
  • Skolt Sami: Espanja koonǥõskåʹdd
  • Skolt Sami: Espanja
  • Slovak: Španielske kráľovstvo
  • Slovak: Španielsko
  • Slovenian: Kraljevina Španija
  • Slovenian: Španija
  • Somali: Isbania
  • Somali: Isbeyn
  • South Azerbaijani: ایسپانیا
  • Southern Sami: Spaania
  • Southern Sotho: Reino de España
  • Southern Sotho: Spain
  • Spanish: España
  • Spanish: Estado Español
  • Spanish: la Madre Patria
  • Spanish: La piel de toro
  • Spanish: Reino de España
  • Sranan Tongo: Spanyorokondre
  • Standard Moroccan Tamazight: ⵚⴱⴰⵏⵢⴰ
  • Sundanese: Spanyol
  • Swahili: Hispania
  • Swahili: Uhispania
  • Swati: Sipeyini
  • Swedish: España
  • Swedish: Spanien
  • Swiss German: Spanie
  • Tachawit: Spania
  • Tachelhit: Ṣbanya
  • Tagalog: Espanya
  • Tahitian: Paniora
  • Tajik: Испания
  • Tajik: Испониё
  • Talysh: Ispanijə
  • Tamil: எசுப்பானியா
  • Tamil: சுபெயின்
  • Tamil: ஸ்பெயின்
  • Taroko: Spain
  • Tatar: Испания
  • Telugu: స్పెయిన్ రాజ్యం
  • Telugu: స్పెయిన్
  • Tetum: España
  • Thai: Spain
  • Thai: ซะเพน
  • Thai: ประเทศสเปน
  • Thai: ราชอาณาจักรสเปน
  • Thai: สเปน
  • Thai: เสปน
  • Thai: อิศบันหยอด
  • Thai: เอสปันญา
  • Tibetan: ཞི་པན་ཡ།
  • Tibetan: སི་པན།
  • Tigrinya: ስጳኛ
  • Tigrinya: ስፔን
  • Tigrinya: ንግስነት ስጳኛ
  • Tok Pisin: Spen
  • Tonga (Tonga Islands): Sepeni
  • Tonga (Tonga Islands): Sipeini
  • Tosk Albanian: Spanien
  • Tsonga: Spaniya
  • Tumbuka: Spain
  • Tunisian Arabic: إسبانيا
  • Turkish: İspanya Krallığı
  • Turkish: İspanya
  • Turkmen: Ispaniýa
  • Twi: Spain
  • Tyap: Si̱pen
  • Udmurt: Испания
  • Uighur: Ispaniye
  • Uighur: ئىسپانىيە
  • Ukrainian: Еспанія
  • Ukrainian: Іспанія
  • Ukrainian: Королівство Іспанія
  • Upper Sorbian: Španiska
  • Urdu: اسپین
  • Urdu: سپین
  • Urdu: ہسپانیہ
  • Uzbek: Ispaniya
  • Venda: Spain
  • Venetian: Spagna
  • Veps: Ispanii
  • Vietnamese: Hi-xi-pha-nha
  • Vietnamese: Tây Ban Nha
  • Vietnamese: Y-pha-nho
  • Vlaams: Spanje
  • Vlax Romani: Spaniya
  • Volapük: Spanyän
  • Võro: Hispaania
  • Wallisian: Sepania
  • Walloon: Espagne
  • Waray (Philippines): Espanya
  • Wayuu: Epaainya
  • Welsh: Sbaen
  • Western Armenian: Սպանիա
  • Western Balochi: اسپانیا
  • Western Frisian: Spanje
  • Western Panjabi: سپین
  • Wolof: Españ
  • Wolof: Ispaañ
  • Wu Chinese: 西班牙
  • Xhosa: ISpain
  • Yakut: Испания
  • Yiddish: קעניגרײך פֿון שפּאַניע
  • Yiddish: שפאניע
  • Yiddish: שפּאַניע
  • Yoruba: Sipani
  • Yoruba: Spéìn
  • Yue Chinese: 西班牙
  • Zeeuws: Spanje
  • Zhuang: Sihbanhyaz
  • Zulu: i-Spain
  • Zulu: ISpeyini
  • ES
  • ESP
  • España
  • Hispaania
  • Ispanėjė
  • Ispania
  • Kaxtillan
  • Kaxtillan Tlalli
  • Kaxtillan Weyitlahtohkayotl
  • ma Epanja
  • Spaggna
  • Spagne
  • Spanyol
  • स्पेन

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