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Spain Made by: Manpreet, Arjun, Andrew
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Population $ cities mostly people live $ increased from 1857- 2001 $ more then million people live 2 cities $ seven ethnic groups live Population in Spain (2007)-
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Important Cities $ Madrid capital city $ Algeciras, Barcelona, Cartagena, Bilbao, Saragozo, Seville, Vigo, Cadiz and Valencia. $ 100 years ago Barcelona was built. $ Seville appealing tourist destination $ Bilbao divided in two Madrid-
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Location & $ize $ surrounded by Atlantic Ocean $ Southern Europe where placed $ ten years ago size was 505 000 km 2 $ in Europe third largest
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Languages and Religions $ languages, Castilian, Spanish, Catalan, Galician, Basque $Castilian official language spoken most $Spanish world third most spoken $95 percent Roman Catholicism $300 000 Muslim live there Different kind people go here-
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$pain $ports $ Football (soccer) most popular $ 55 football teams stayed in top division since 1828 $ Traditional bullfighting $ Famous professional Torero (Bullfighting) $ Bullfighting performed in festivals Spain soccer team-
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Food $ enjoy seafood plentiful costal waters inexpensive njoy drink called sangria contains wine, soda, water, fruit juice, fruit $ hot chocolate served with deep-fried strips of dough( called churros) $C$Cabrales, Mahon, Manchego, Tetilla popular cheese Spain’s food -
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Animals $ 100 brown bears in 20th century, more then 1,000 wilds $ common to see long haired mountain goat $only found there is Iberian Lynx $ 400 and more Black Vultures reported Spain’s brown bear-
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Places to Visit $Coast, castles, colorful festivals $ great sporting events Valencia $ visit over 10.000 castles $ Castle Bellver is most famous Most famous castle Bellver-
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Education $ children age 6 to 16 go to school $ dozens public at private schools $ 1980 about 8% national budget education $1980 about 40% schools private Spain’s International School-
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Heath Care $ over 75 years people lived ( 10 years ago) $ European Health Insurance Card ( EHIC) needed after tourists from EU country’s use 3 month free treatment $ private heath care choose people who afford $ long waiting public heath care why choose private heath care orange places has heath care-
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Climate $ each year 3000 hour sunshine $S$Seville hottest city ( 117 o F) $S$Sunniest country in Europe $($(11 o C) winter 23 o C summer Climate if Spain-
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Natural Resources $ leading fish country in Europe $ one top producers Mercury in world $ hard to grow crops because poor soil and limited rainfall $ important industrial raw materials Natural Resources-
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Government $ Cortes what parliament called $Parliament group have highest power to make laws for country $head of state is king $Leader national government prime minister Important Governors-
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Agriculture $ 50 % land used farming as cropland or pastureland $ important products corn, onions, potatoes, sunflower seeds, tomatoes, wool $ world leading lemons, limes, olives, oranges, wine $ third largest producer wine in world One of Spain’s farms-
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