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Spain, [f] officially the Kingdom of Spain, [a] [g] is a country in Southwestern Europe with territories in North Africa. [ 12 ] [ h ] Featuring the southernmost point of continental Europe , it is the largest country in Southern Europe and the fourth-most populous European Union member state.
The Spanish peseta is a former currency of Spain and, alongside the French franc, a former de facto currency in Andorra. It was introduced in 1868, replacing the peso, at a time when Spain was considering joining the Latin Monetary Union. Spain joined the euro in 1999, and the peseta was replaced by euro notes and coins in 2002.
Recognition of the Duke of Anjou as King of Spain, under the name of Philip V, November 16, 1700. Charles II died in 1700, and having no direct heir, was succeeded by his great-nephew Philip, Duke of Anjou, a French prince. The War of the Spanish Succession (1700–1714) pitted proponents of the Bourbon succession against those for the Hapsburg.
Spain spends the least on family support out of all western European countries—0.5% of GDP. A graphic illustration of the enormous social gulf in this field is the fact [ citation needed ] that a Spanish family would need to have 57 children to enjoy the same financial support as a family with 3 children in Luxembourg [ citation needed ] .
Spain’s national weather service said it rained more in eight hours in the Valencian town of Chiva than it had in the preceding 20 months. Satellite pictures show Valencia after, left, and ...
Geographical map of Spain Map of Spain (Instituto Geográfico Nacional, 2000) Map of Spain and Portugal, Corrected and Augmented from the Map Published by D. Tomas Lopez, 1810. Spain is a country located in southwestern Europe occupying most (about 82 percent) of the Iberian Peninsula.
Teide closes to the north the impressive amphitheater that is the volcanic caldera of Las Cañadas, with a flat bottom at 2100 meters. At the three vertexes of the island are the volcanic massifs of Anaga , whose maximum altitude is 1024 meters, Teno and Adeje being the oldest territories of the island, from which depart the volcanic ridges ...
Spain is a multilingual country with a relatively complex sociolinguistic situation. [7] According to the article 3 of the 1978 Constitution, Spanish is the official language of the State, [ 8 ] while other languages may also be official in autonomous communities according to the latter's regional statutes, [ 9 ] as it is the case with Catalan ...