Spain, the
world's
51st-largest country
(504,000 kmē - 46 million inhabitants). Spain is located in
south-western Europe
on the
Iberian Peninsula.
Its mainland is bordered to the south and east by the Mediterranean Sea
except for a small land boundary with the British Overseas Territory
Territory
of
Gibraltar;
to the north by
France,
Andorra,
and the Bay of Biscay;
and to the northwest and west by the
Atlantic Ocean
and
Portugal.
Spanish territory also includes the Balearic islands
Islands
in the Mediterranean, the Canary Islands
in the Atlantic Ocean off the African coast, and two
autonomous cities
in North Africa,
Ceuta
and
Melilla,
that border
Morocco.
Furthermore, the town of Livia
is a Spanish
exclave
situated inside French territory. The capital City of Spain is Madrid. |