| |
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
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