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  Spain - Wikipedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Spain is a constitutional monarchy, with a hereditary monarch and a bicameral parliament, the Cortes or National Assembly.
Spain is bound to the east by Mediterranean Sea (containing the Balearic Islands), to the north by the Bay of Biscay and to its west by the Atlantic Ocean, where the Canary Islands off the African coast are found.
Spain's mixed capitalist economy supports a GDP that on a per capita basis is 80% that of the four leading West European economies.
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 Spain - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Spain is a parliamentary monarchy, with a hereditary monarch and a bicameral parliament, the Cortes Generales.
Spain is, at present, what is called a State of Autonomies, formally unitary but, in fact, functioning as a Federation of Autonomous Communities, each one with different powers (for instance, some have their own educational and health systems, co-official language and particular cultural identity) and laws.
Spain became a unified crown with the union of Castile and Aragon and the conquest of Granada in 1492, and the annexation of Navarre in 1515.
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Spain   (8112 words)

  
 Spain Demographics and Geography - Columbia Gazetteer of the World Online
Continental Spain extends from the Pyrenees Mountains, which separate it from France, and from the Bay of Biscay, an arm of the Atlantic Ocean, S to the Strait of Gibraltar, which separates it from Africa (Gibraltar itself is a British possession.).
The E and SE coast of Spain, from the French border to the Strait of Gibraltar, is washed by the Mediterranean.
The W Pyrenees and the N coast, paralleled by the Cantabrian Mountains, are occupied by Navarre, with the city of Pamplona; the Basque Country, with the ports of Bilbao, San Sebastián, and Santander; and Asturias, with Oviedo and the port of Gijón.
www.columbiagazetteer.org /public/Spain.html   (4370 words)

  
 ipedia.com: Spain Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Spain is considered by many, including a large part of Spanish population, to be a group of nations unified under a single State, much like Belgium, Switzerland or the United Kingdom.
Until 1714, Spain was a loose confederation of kingdoms and statelets, under the same king, until — Philip V — removed the autonomous status of the Aragonese crown.
Spain is a predominantly (94%) Roman Catholic country, although the recent waves of immigration have lead to an increasing number of Muslims.
www.ipedia.com /spain.html   (2932 words)

  
 Spain
Spain is a constitutional monarchy, with a hereditary monarch and a bicameral parliament, the Cortes Generales.
Spain claims that these territories are integral parts of Spain and have been Spanish or linked to Spain since before the Islamic invasion of Spain in 711, return to Spain, Ceuta and Perejil Island in 1415 and the rest returned to Spanish rule only a few years after the conquest of Granada.
Spain's mixed economy supports a GDP that on a per capita basis is 87% of that of the four leading West European economies.
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 Spain
Spain has been a constitutional monarchy and a democracy since the Spanish Constitution of 1978 was approved, being divided into 17 autonomous communities and 2 autonomous cities with high degree of autonomy.
As of 2003, Spain is currently holding talks with the United Kingdom about Gibraltar, a tiny peninsula that changed hands during the War of Spanish Succession in 1713.
Spain can be said to be composed of many nations but has adopted Castilian culture as the Spanish one, although increasingly recognising other nationalities inside its borders, such as the much older Basque.
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 Spain   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Spain is at present what is called State of Autonomies formally unitary but in functioning as a Federation of Autonomous Communities each one with different powers (for some have their own educational and health others do not) and laws.
Spain is considered by many including a part of Spanish population to be a of nations unified under a single State like Belgium Switzerland or the United Kingdom.
Spain is a predominantly (94%) Roman Catholic country although the recent waves of have lead to an increasing number of Muslims.
www.freeglossary.com /Spain   (3053 words)

  
 Wikinfo | Spain   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
As of 2003, Spain is currently holding talks with the United Kingdom about Gibraltar, a tiny peninsula that changed hands during the War of Spanish Succession in 1714.
Spain is, at present, what is called a State of Autonomies, formally unitary but, in fact, functioning as a Federation of Autonomous Communities, each one with different powers (for instances, some have their own educational and health systems, other don't) and laws.
Terrorism is a problem of present-day Spain, since ETA (Basque Homeland and Freedom) is trying to achieve Basque independence through violent means, including the use of bombs and murders.
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 Spain
This demographic, economic and political decline during the late 17th and early 18th centuries mirrored in general other regions of southern Europe such as Portugal, the Italian states, the Balkans, and much of central Europe, as the rapidly growing global oceanic trade, pioneered by the Iberian countries, was increasingly diverted to north-western Europe.
In the 19th century, the Romantic travellers saw in a backward Spain an exotic country, based on romantic 19th century mythmaking that was confirmed by the instability of the times.
At the end of the 19th century, Spain lost all of its remaining old colonies in the Caribbean and Asia-Pacific regions, including Cuba, Puerto Rico, Philippines, and a large number of Pacific islands to the United States after the Spanish-American War of 1898.
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 sociology - Spain
In the meantime, Spain lost most of its colonies in the Americas during the 19th century, a trend which ended with the loss of Cuba, the Philippines and Puerto Rico to the United States after the Spanish-American War of 1898.
Spain is bound to the east by Mediterranean Sea (containing the Balearic Islands), to the north by the Bay of Biscay (Golfo de Vizcaya) and to its west by the Atlantic Ocean, where the Canary Islands off the African coast are found.
Until 1714, Spain was a loose confederation of kingdoms and statelets, under the same king, until King Philip V removed the autonomous status of the Aragonese crown.
www.aboutsociology.com /sociology/Spain   (3413 words)

  
 Youth With a Mission   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Located in Western Europe, Spain occupies the majority of the Iberian Peninsula, two groups of islands (the Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean and the Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean Sea) and two cities: Ceuta and Melilla in North Africa.
Spain had 40,499,791 inhabitants on 1 January 2000, and 43,975,375 on the same date in 2005.
According to membership, the second religion of Spain is the organization of the Jehovah's Witnesses with 103,784 active publishers; there are also many Protestant denominations, all of them with less than 50,000 members, and about 20,000 Mormons.
www.ywamspain.org /espana   (552 words)

  
 Demographics of Spain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The population of Spain doubled during the twentieth century, but the pattern of growth was extremely uneven due to large-scale internal migration from the rural interior to the industrial cities, a phenomenon which happened later than in other Western European countries..
Spain's fertility rate of 1.28 (the number of children the average woman will have during her lifetime) is now one of the lowest in the world.
About 70% of Spain's student population attends public schools or universities.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Demographics_of_Spain   (578 words)

  
 Spain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Castilian (called both español and castellano in the language itself) is an official language throughout Spain, but other regional languages are also spoken, and are the primary languages in some of their respective geographies.
Spain's extremely recent explosive population growth, despite a birth rate of only half of the replacement level, is entirely due to an unprecedented deluge of immigrants.
The population of Spain doubled during the twentieth century, due to the spectacular demographic boom by the 60's and early 70's.
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 Spain   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
In the meantime, Spain lost most of its colonies in the Americas during the 19th century, a trend which ended with the loss of Cuba, the Philippines and Puerto Rico after the Spanish-American War of 1898.
Morocco claims the Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla and the uninhabited Vélez, Alhucemas, Chafarinas, and Perejil ("Parsley") islands, all on the northern coast of Africa.
According to membership [1] (http://www.adherents.com/largecom/com_jw.ht ml), the second religion of Spain is the organization of the Jehovah's Witnesses with 103,784 active publishers; there are also many protestant branches, all of them with less than 50,000 members, and about 20,000 Mormons.
www.info-pedia.net /about/spain   (3630 words)

  
 Trade Promotion -- U.S. Commercial Service Spain
CS Spain provides various levels of support for U.S. exporters seeking a direct presence at trade exhibitions in Spain.
CS Spain provides in-depth counseling to all potential U.S. exporters regarding the various sector-specific trade exhibitions held throughout Spain each year.
CS Spain will then assist the U.S. exporter to directly contact the show organizer of the trade exhibition in order to arrange direct participation.
www.buyusa.gov /spain/en/15.html   (350 words)

  
 Spain
Spain has a population of 40 million inhabitants and is a member of the European Union (EU) and the European Board of Urology (EBU).
Although there is a huge urologic patient population, the health system structure does not allow all urologists to have access to public health system posts.
Some Departments of Urology in Spain have very super-specialized urologists.
www.esru.net /countries/spain.htm   (148 words)

  
 SPAIN HOME PAGE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
General Introduction to Spain (as an Agricultural, Industrial, and/or Information Age Society)
Overall Development Plan of Spain (Based on Physical, Human, and Technological Resources of Country)
Overall Conclusions on Spain (as an Agricultural, Industrial, and/or Information Age Society
www.csudh.edu /global_options/375Students-Sp96/Spain/DEFAULT.HTM   (54 words)

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