Geography of Spain Frank Petrillo Travel Spain - Winter 2005 Geography of Spain Music by: Paco de Lucia

Location (Where is it?) Topography (What’s the land look like?) Climate (What’s the weather like?) Demography (Who lives there?) Geography of Spain

Southwestern Europe, Southwest of France, East of Portugal. Relative Location

Spain is also bordered by the North Atlantic Ocean, Bay of Biscay and the Mediterranean Sea.

40º North of the Equator (Latitude) 4º West of Greenwich (Longitude) Absolute Location

The country has a total area of 492,503 sq km with 4,964 km of coastline.

Oregon’s total area: 251, 418 sq km Spain’s total area: 492,503 sq km

There is a 9 hour difference in time between Spain and Oregon.

Spain: G.M.T. +1

Oregon: G.M.T. -8

Topography The majority of Spain's landmass consists of the Meseta Central The Meseta Central is rimmed and dissected by five major mountain ranges

Spain lies within a temperate climate zone. It's rugged topography gives rise to a great diversity of climates. Maritime climate prevails in northern part of country Southern Sections of the country have a predominantly continental climate with hot, dry summers. Climate

ESTIMATED POPULATION: 39,439,400 SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT: Constitutional Monarchy PEOPLE: Four major ethnic groups that are divided by language, Castilian, Basque, Catalan and Galician. RELIGION: 97% of the population is Roman Catholic while less than 1% are Protestant. LANGUAGES: The official language is Castilian. Density; 79.1 persons per sq km. Demography

The End Frank Petrillo Travel Spain - Winter 2005