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Capital:Madrid

Geography
Continent:Europe
Location:Southwestern Europe, bordering the Bay of Biscay, Mediterranean Sea, North Atlantic Ocean, and Pyrenees Mountains, southwest of France
Area:505,99 kmē
Geographic coordinates:40 00 N, 4 00 W
Elevation extremes:lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Pico de Teide (Tenerife) on Canary Islands 3,718 m

People
Population:40,280,780 (July 2004 est.)
Language(s):Castilian Spanish (official) 74%, Catalan 17%, Galician 7%, Basque 2%

Economy
Currency:euro (EUR)
note: on 1 January 1999, the European Monetary Union introduced the euro as a common currency to be used by the financial institutions of member countries; on 1 January 2002, the euro became the sole currency for everyday transactions with the member countries
Currency code:EUR

Miscellaneous
Country code plate:E
Internet country code:.es

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