Capital Madrid ( 40°26′N 3°42′W )
Largest city Madrid
Official language(s) Spanish. In some autonomous communities, Aranese,
Basque, Catalan and Galician.
Government Constitutional Monarchy
King : Juan Carlos I
Prime Minister : José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
Formation 15th century
Dynastic Union : 1516
Unification
De facto : 1716
De jure : 1812
Accession to EU January 1 , 1986
Area
Total : 505,992 km² ( 51st ) (195,364 sq mi)
Water : 1.04%
Population
1 January 2006 est. : 44,395,286 ( 29th )
2001 census : 40,847,371
Density : 87,8/km² ( 106th )
(220/sq mi)
GDP ( PPP )
Total : $1,029,000 ( 12th )
Per capita : $26,320 ( 25th )
HDI ( 2003 ) 0.928 ( 21st ) – high
Currency Euro ( € ) ( EUR )
Time zone CET ( UTC +1)
Summer ( DST ) : CEST ( UTC +2)
Internet TLD .es
Calling code +34

Prior to 1999: Spanish Peseta
Except in the Canary Islands , which are in the GMT time zone ( UTC , UTC + 1 in summer)
The .eu domain is also used, as it is shared with other European Union member states