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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Essential Destinations

Top destinations: Madrid and Barcelona.

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is Spain's capital and largest city.

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is Spain's second largest city, with…

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is 's capital.

Destinations to Discover

Places to explore: Eastern Spain and Andalusia.

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is the southern part of Spain.

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The Meseta Central is one of the basic geographical units of the .

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is the region in northern Spain bordering the Atlantic and Bay of Biscay.

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The or Canaries are an archipelago…

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The are an archipelago in the Mediterranean Sea, off the coast of Spain.

Spain

  • Type: Country with 46,200,000 residents
  • Description: country in southwestern Europe with territories in Africa
  • Also known as: “Caxtillan”, “Cayarián ning España”, “ES”, “ESP”, “Esp.”, “Èspagn”, “Espainiako Erresuma”, “Espainiako Estatua”, “Espanja koonǥõskåʹdd”, “Espanja kunâgâskodde”, “Espanjan kuningaskunta”, “Espánnja gonagasriika”, “Estat espanyol”, “Hi-xi-pha-nha”, “Hispana Ŝtato”, “Ispanijos Karalystė”, “Ispaniya Korolligi”, “İspanya Krallığı”, “Kaxtillan Tlalli”, “Kaxtillan Weyitlahtohkayotl”, “Kayárian ning Espania”, “Keenichreich Spanien”, “Kingdom blong Spen”, “Kingdom of Spain”, “Kinnekräich Spuenien”, “Kinrick o Spain”, “Kinrick o Spainie”, “Königreich Spanien”, “Koninkrijk Spanje”, “Kraljevina Španija”, “Lèspagn”, “Reeriaght y Spaainey”, “Regatul Spaniei”, “Reĝlando Hispanio”, “Regno di Spagna”, “Reino da Espanha”, “Reino de Espanha”, “Reinu d’España”, “Rena de Espania”, “Renju ta’ Spanja”, “Royaume d’Espagne”, “Rwéyonm di Lèspagn”, “Rwéyonm di Lèspangn”, “Spainey”, “Španělské království”, “Spánia gonagasriika”, “Španielske kráľovstvo”, “Spanish State”, “Spāniska Kunnegista”, “Špāniska Kunnegista”, “Spánska gånågisrijkka”, “Spein”, “Tagelda n Spenyul”, “y Spainey”, “Y-pha-nho”, “Βασιλεία τῆς Ἱσπανίας”, “Βασίλειο της Ισπανίας”, “Еспанія”, “Испанья”, “Королевство Испания”, “Королівство Іспанія”, “Кралство Испания”, “Краљевство Шпанија”, “Эспанья”, “Իսպանիայի Թագավորություն”, “קעניגרײך פֿון שפּאַניע”, “الصبليون”, “ايسپانيا پادشايي”, “پادشاهی اسپانیا”, “صبانيا”, “صبليون”, “مملكة إسبانيا”, “مملكة اسبانيا”, “ߍߛߑߔߊߢߌ߲߫”, “ንግስነት ስጳኛ”, “इस्पाना”, “इस्पेन”, “ইএস”, “ইএসপি”, “স্পেন রাজ্য”, “சுபெயின்”, “స్పెయిన్ రాజ్యం”, “കിങ്ഡം ഒഫ് സ്പെയിൻ”, “ซะเพน”, “ราชอาณาจักรสเปน”, “เสปน”, “อิศบันหยอด”, “เอสปันญา”, “스페인 왕국”, “イスパニア”, “エスパーニャ”, “スペイン国”, “日斯巴尼亚”, “日斯巴尼亞”, “西班牙王国”, and “西班牙王國”
  • Languages: Spanish, Catalan, Galician, Basque, and Occitan (post 1500)
  • Neighbors: , , , , , , , and
  • Categories: sovereign state, realm, Mediterranean country, nation state, and locality
  • Location: ,
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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
34
Internet domain
.es
Open­Street­Map ID
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Open­Street­Map feature
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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: “Исбухьэн”
  • Adyghe: “Испание”
  • Afrikaans: “Spanje”
  • Akan: “Spain”
  • Albanian: “Spanja”
  • Albanian: “Spanjë”
  • Algerian Arabic: “سبانيا”
  • American Sign Language: “AS1ea10S2ef02S36d00M521x526S36d00479x474S1ea10465x483S2ef02468x507”
  • Amharic: “ስፔን”
  • Amharic: “እስፓንያ”
  • Amis: “Spain”
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Ἱσπανία”
  • Angika: “स्पेन”
  • Arabic: “أسبانيا”
  • Arabic: “إسبانيا”
  • Arabic: “اسبانيا”
  • Aragonese: “España”
  • Aragonese: “Espanya”
  • Armenian: “Իսպանիա”
  • Arpitan: “Èspagne”
  • Assamese: “স্পেইন”
  • Asturian: “España”
  • Atayal: “Spain”
  • Avaric: “Испан”
  • Avaric: “Испания”
  • Awadhi: “स्पेन”
  • Aymara: “Ispaña”
  • Azerbaijani: “İspaniya”
  • Balinese: “Spanyol”
  • Bambara: “Esipaɲi”
  • Bambara: “Ɛsipaɲi”
  • Bashkir: “Испания”
  • Basque: “Espainia”
  • Batak Mandailing: “Spanyol”
  • Bavarian: “Spanien”
  • Belarusian: “Гішпанія”
  • Belarusian: “Іспанія”
  • Bengali: “স্পেন”
  • Betawi: “Spanyol”
  • Bhojpuri: “स्पेन”
  • Bishnupriya: “স্পেন”
  • Bislama: “Spen”
  • Bosnian: “Španija”
  • Breton: “Spagn”
  • Buginese: “Spanyol”
  • Bulgarian: “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: “Xībānyá”
  • Chinese: “西班牙”
  • Church Slavic: “Їспанїꙗ”
  • Chuvash: “Испани”
  • Cornish: “Spayn”
  • Corsican: “Spagna”
  • Crimean Tatar: “İspaniya”
  • Croatian: “Španjolska”
  • Czech: “Španělsko”
  • Dagbani: “Spain”
  • Danish: “Spanien”
  • Dhivehi: “އިސްޕެއިން”
  • Dimli (individual language): “İspanya”
  • Dinka: “Spain”
  • Dotyali: “स्पेन”
  • Dutch: “Spanje”
  • Dzongkha: “སིཔཱེན་”
  • Dzongkha: “ཨིས་པེན”
  • Eastern Mari: “Испаний”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “اسبانيا”
  • Emilian: “Spaggna”
  • Erzya: “Испания Мастор”
  • Esperanto: “Hispanio”
  • Esperanto: “Hispanujo”
  • Estonian: “Hispaania”
  • Ewe: “Spain nutome”
  • Ewe: “Spain”
  • Extremaduran: “España”
  • Faroese: “Spania”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Spain”
  • Fijian: “Sipeni”
  • Finnish: “Espanja”
  • French: “Espagne”
  • Friulian: “Spagne”
  • Fulah: “Espaañ”
  • Fulah: “Hispaanya”
  • Gagauz: “İspaniya”
  • Galician: “España”
  • Gan Chinese: “西班牙”
  • Ganda: “Sipeyini”
  • Ganda: “Spain”
  • Georgian: “ესპანეთი”
  • German: “Spanien”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Spain”
  • Gilaki: “ايسپانيا”
  • Goan Konkani: “Spain”
  • Goan Konkani: “स्पेन”
  • Gothic: “𐌷𐌴𐌹𐍃𐍀𐌰𐌽𐌾𐌰”
  • Gothic: “𐌷𐌹𐍃𐍀𐌰𐌽𐌾𐌰”
  • Greek: “Ισπανία”
  • Guarani: “Epáña”
  • Guarani: “España”
  • Guianese Creole French: “Èspangn”
  • Guianese Creole French: “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: “Espania”
  • 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: “Spagna”
  • Jamaican Creole English: “Spien”
  • Japanese: “Supein”
  • Japanese: “スペイン”
  • Japanese: “スペイン王国”
  • Javanese: “Sepanyol”
  • Javanese: “Spanyol”
  • Jèrriais: “Espangne”
  • Jju: “Su̱pen”
  • Kabardian: “Эспаней”
  • Kabardian: “Эспаниэ”
  • Kabiyè: “Ɛsɩpaañɩ”
  • Kabuverdianu: “Spanha”
  • Kabyle: “Spenyul”
  • Kadazan Dusun: “Sepanyol”
  • Kalaallisut: “Spania”
  • Kalmyk: “Эспанмудин Нутг”
  • Kalmyk: “Эспанмудин Нутуг”
  • Kannada: “ಸ್ಪೇನ್”
  • Kannada: “ಸ್ಪೈನ್”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Ispaniya”
  • Karachay-Balkar: “Испания”
  • Kashmiri: “Spēna”
  • Kashmiri: “سٕپین”
  • Kashmiri: “ہِسپٲنِیا”
  • Kashubian: “Szpańskô”
  • Kazakh: “Испания”
  • Khmer: “អេស្ប៉ាញ”
  • Kikuyu: “Hispania”
  • Kildin Sami: “Испания”
  • Kinaray-A: “Espanya”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Esipanye”
  • Kirghiz: “Испания”
  • Komering: “Spanyol”
  • Komi-Permyak: “Эспання”
  • Komi: “Испания”
  • Komi: “Испання”
  • Kongo: “Espania”
  • Korean: “스페인”
  • Korean: “에스빠냐”
  • Korean: “에스파냐”
  • Kotava: “Espana”
  • Kurdish: “Spanya”
  • Ladin: “Spania”
  • Ladino: “Espanya”
  • Lak: “Испания”
  • 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”
  • 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: “Spánsska”
  • Luxembourgish: “Spanien”
  • Luxembourgish: “Spuenien”
  • Macedo-Romanian: “Ispania”
  • Macedonian: “Шпанија”
  • Madurese: “Spanyol”
  • Magahi: “स्पेन”
  • Maithili: “स्पेन”
  • Malagasy: “Espaina”
  • Malay: “Sepanyol”
  • Malay: “سڤاڽول”
  • Malayalam: “സ്‌പെയിൻ”
  • Malayalam: “സ്പെയിൻ”
  • Maltese: “Spanja”
  • Manipuri: “ꯁ꯭ꯄꯦꯟ”
  • Manx: “y Spaainey”
  • Manx: “Yn Spaainey”
  • Maori: “Pāniora”
  • Marathi: “स्पेन”
  • Mazanderani: “ایسپانیا”
  • Mesopotamian Arabic: “اسبانيا”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Să̤-băng-ngà”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Se-pan-gâ”
  • Minangkabau: “Spanyol”
  • Mingrelian: “ესპანეთი”
  • Mirandese: “Spanha”
  • Moksha: “Испания”
  • Mon: “သပိန်”
  • Mongolian: “Испани”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “سپانيا”
  • Mossi: “Spain”
  • N'Ko: “ߊߛߌߔߊ߲߫”
  • Nauru: “Pain”
  • Navajo: “Dibé Diníí Bikéyah”
  • Navajo: “Naakaii Łibáhí Bikéyah”
  • Neapolitan: “Spagna”
  • Neapolitan: “Spagne”
  • 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”
  • Northern Sami: “Spánia”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Spania”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Spania”
  • Norwegian: “Spania”
  • Novial: “Spania”
  • Nupe-Nupe-Tako: “Spain”
  • Nyanja: “Spain”
  • Obolo: “Sipen”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Espanha”
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “ܐܣܦܢܝܐ”
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “ܐܶܣܦ̣ܰܢܝܰܐ”
  • 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”
  • Pa'o Karen: “သပေင်ခမ်းထီ”
  • Pali: “स्पेन”
  • Pampanga: “Espanya”
  • Pangasinan: “Espanya”
  • Panjabi: “ਸਪੇਨ”
  • Papiamento: “Spaña”
  • Pedi: “Spain”
  • Pennsylvania German: “Schpaani”
  • Persian: “اسپانیا”
  • Pfaelzisch: “Spanien”
  • Picard: “Espanne”
  • Piemontese: “Spagna”
  • Pipil: “España”
  • Pitcairn-Norfolk: “Spain”
  • Polish: “Hiszpania”
  • Pontic: “Ισπανία”
  • Portuguese: “Espanha”
  • Prussian: “Špānija”
  • Pushto: “اسپانیا”
  • Pushto: “هسپانیه”
  • Quechua: “España”
  • Quechua: “Ispaña”
  • Romanian: “Spania”
  • Romansh: “Spagna”
  • Rundi: “Esipanye”
  • Rundi: “Hisipaniya”
  • Russia Buriat: “Испани”
  • Russian: “Испания”
  • Rusyn: “Іспанія”
  • Sakizaya: “Spain”
  • Samoan: “Sepa­nia”
  • Samoan: “Spania”
  • Samogitian: “Ispanėjė”
  • Sango: “Espânye”
  • Sanskrit: “स्पेन्”
  • Santali: “ᱮᱥᱯᱮᱱ”
  • Saraiki: “اسپین”
  • Sardinian: “Ispagna”
  • Saterfriesisch: “Spanien”
  • Scots: “Spain”
  • Scots: “Spainie”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “An Spàinn”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “An Spàinnt”
  • Serbian: “Španija”
  • Serbian: “Шпанија”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Španija”
  • Shan: “မိူင်းသပဵၼ်ႇ”
  • Shona: “Spain”
  • Shona: “Speini”
  • Sicilian: “Spagna”
  • Silesian: “Szpańijo”
  • Sindhi: “اسپين”
  • Sinhala: “ස්පාඤ්ඤය”
  • Skolt Sami: “Espanja”
  • Slovak: “Španielsko”
  • Slovenian: “Španija”
  • Somali: “Isbania”
  • Somali: “Isbeyn”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ایسپانیا”
  • Southern Sami: “Spanije”
  • 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: “Spanien”
  • Swiss German: “Spanie”
  • Swiss German: “Spanien”
  • Tachawit: “Spania”
  • Tachelhit: “Ṣbanya”
  • Tagalog: “Espanya”
  • Tahitian: “Paniora”
  • Tajik: “Испания”
  • Tajik: “Испониё”
  • Talysh: “Ispanijə”
  • Tamil: “எசுப்பானியா”
  • Tamil: “ஸ்பெயின்”
  • Taroko: “Spain”
  • Tatar: “Испания”
  • Telugu: “స్పెయిన్”
  • Tetum: “España”
  • Thai: “ประเทศสเปน”
  • Thai: “สเปน”
  • Tibetan: “ཞི་པན་ཡ།”
  • Tibetan: “སི་པན།”
  • Tibetan: “སི་པེན།”
  • Tigrinya: “ስጳኛ”
  • Tigrinya: “ስፔን”
  • Tok Pisin: “Spen”
  • Tonga (Tonga Islands): “Sepeni”
  • Tonga (Tonga Islands): “Sipeini”
  • Tsonga: “Spaniya”
  • Tumbuka: “Spain”
  • Tunisian Arabic: “إسبانيا”
  • Turkish: “İspanya”
  • Turkmen: “Ispaniýa”
  • Twi: “Spain”
  • Tyap: “Si̱pen”
  • Udmurt: “Испания”
  • Uighur: “Ispaniye”
  • Uighur: “ئىسپانىيە”
  • Ukrainian: “Іспанія”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Španiska”
  • Urdu: “اسپین”
  • Urdu: “سپین”
  • Urdu: “ہسپانیہ”
  • Uzbek: “Ispaniya”
  • Venda: “Spain”
  • Venetian: “Spagna”
  • Veps: “Ispanii”
  • Vietnamese: “Tây Ban Nha”
  • 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: “שפאניע”
  • Yiddish: “שפּאַניע”
  • Yoruba: “Sipani”
  • Yoruba: “Spéìn”
  • Yue Chinese: “西班牙”
  • Zeeuws: “Spanje”
  • Zhuang: “Sihbanhyaz”
  • Zulu: “i-Spain”
  • Zulu: “ISpeyini”
  • “Kaxtillan”
  • “ma Epanja”
  • “Španija”
  • “Шпанија”
  • “स्पेन”

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