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	Spanish language - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Spanish is one of the official languages of the United Nations and the European Union.
		Spanish ceased to be an official language of the Philippines in 1987, and it is now spoken by less than 0.01% of the population, or 2,658 people (1990 Census), though recently there seems to have been a resurgence in interest in the language among educated youth.
		Spanish is a relatively inflected language, with a two-gender system and about fifty conjugated forms per verb, but small noun declension and limited pronominal declension.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Spanish_language (3853 words)

	ooBdoo
		Spanish society under Muslim rule became increasingly complex, partly because Islamic conquest did not involve the systematic conversion of the conquered population to Islam.
		The autonomous communities of Asturias, the Balearic Islands, Cantabria, La Rioja, Navarre, Murcia, and Madrid (the nation's capital) are each composed of a single province.
		Morocco claims the Spanish cities of Ceuta and Melilla and the uninhabited Vélez, Alhucemas, Chafarinas, and Perejil islands, all on the Northern coast of Africa.
	www.oobdoo.com /wikipedia/index.php?title=Spain (7856 words)

	Spain - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		With the approval of the Spanish Constitution of 1978 and the arrival of democracy, some regions — Basque Country, Catalonia, Galicia and Andalusia— were given far-reaching autonomy, which was then soon extended to all Spanish regions, resulting in one of the most decentralized territorial organizations in Western Europe.
		Autonomous communities group provinces (for instance, Extremadura is made of two provinces: Cáceres and Badajoz).
		The autonomous communities of Asturias, the Balearic Islands, Cantabria, La Rioja, Navarre, Murcia, and Madrid are each composed of a single province.
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/s/p/a/Spain.html (5244 words)

	Spain - Simple English Wikipedia
		Most people there speak Spanish, but there are other languages in different parts of the country.
		Spain has 17 parts called autonomous communities (this means that they decide what they want to do themselves).
		It also made Spain lose its empire in North and South America; all of the parts of that empire became their own countries, or were taken over by other countries, such as the United States of America.
	simple.wikipedia.org /wiki/Spain (1400 words)

	Spain Info - Bored Net - Boredom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		There are also five places of sovereignty (plazas de soberanía) on and off the African coast: the cities of Ceuta and Melilla are administered as autonomous cities, an intermediate status between cities and communities; the islands of the Islas Chafarinas, Peñón de Alhucemas, and Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera are under direct Spanish administration.
		Spanish (castellano or español), official language throughout Spain.
		Catalan (català or valencià) in Catalonia (Catalunya), the Balearic Islands (Illes Balears), and parts of Valencian autonomous community (València, where the language is officially called Valencian).
	www.borednet.com /e/n/encyclopedia/s/sp/spain.html (1363 words)

	sociology - Spain
		With the approval of the Spanish Constitution of 1978 and the arrival of democracy, the old historic nationalities — Basque Country (Euskadi), Catalonia (Cataluña), Galicia and Andalusia— were given far-reaching autonomy, which was then soon extended to all Spanish regions, resulting in one of the most decentralized territorial organizations in Western Europe.
		Ceuta and Melilla are administered as autonomous cities, an intermediate status between cities and communities; the islands of the Islas Chafarinas, Peñón de Alhucemas, and Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera are under direct Spanish administration.
		During the Second Spanish Republic (1931-1936), the Basque and Catalan were given limited self-government, which was lost after the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) and restored in 1978 during the transition to democracy.
	www.aboutsociology.com /sociology/Spain (3413 words)

	Spain - Gurupedia
		Melilla in the north of Africa, and a number of minor uninhabited islands on the Mediterranean side of the strait of Gibraltar, such as the Chafarine islands, the "rocks" (es: peñones) of Vélez and Alhucemas, and the tiny Parsley Island.
		Ceuta and Melilla are administered as autonomous cities, an intermediate status between cities and communities; the islands of the
		Catalan, Galician, Aranese (Occitan) and Spanish (Castilian) are all descended from
	www.gurupedia.com /s/sp/spain.htm (2703 words)

	Wikinfo \| Spain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		Nevertheless, the project of Castilian monarchs was to unify all Iberia and this aim seemed almost acomplished when Philip II became King of Portugal in 1580, as well as of the other many Iberian Kingdoms (collectively know as "Spain" which was not a unified State then).
		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.
		Although Basque Autonomous government doesn't back such kind of violence, the different approaches to the problem are a source of tension between Central and Basque governments.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Spain (1345 words)

	Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Literatures
		The prerequisite for all major-level courses in Spanish is Spanish 9.
		Spanish poetry since 1960 has shifted its interest from the collective to the subjective, from social issues to problematizing identity; furthermore, as a reaction to post-Civil War poetry, it attempts to reconstruct the subject.
		Spanish 90 is intended to prepare the student for writing the Honors thesis, through readings in primary and secondary texts, theory and methodology.
	www.dartmouth.edu /~reg/courses/desc/span.html (10279 words)

	Study Spanish in Barcelona, Spain
		In a privileged position on the northeastern coast of the Iberian peninsula and the shores of the Mediterranean, Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain in both size and population.
		There are two official languages spoken in Barcelona: Catalan, generally spoken in all of Catalonia, and Castillian Spanish.
		The city of Barcelona has a population of 1.510.000, but this number spirals to more than 4.000.000 if the outlying areas are also included.
	www.donquijote.org /english/city.barcelona.asp (440 words)

	Spanish Language Schools in Spain. Study Spanish in Spain.
		Alicante is a maritime Mediterranean city, with its beautiful beaches, its walk along the coast, its restaurants, cafes and dance clubs, its nautical club and its harbour, from which boats leave for the island of Tabarca - a surfer's paradise.
		This is the native land of Federico García Lorca and the intellectual centre of Andalusia.
		Valencia is situated in the centre of the Spanish Mediterranean coastline.
	www.studyabroadinternational.com /Spain/Directory/Spain_Destinations.html (888 words)

	The New Yorker: Fact (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		Even before then, members of the Spanish cell had been monitored by police agencies, as is evident from the abundant use of wiretaps and surveillance information in indictments that were issued in November, 2001, when eleven suspects were charged with being Al Qaeda members—the first of several terrorist roundups.
		Although many Spanish historians have painted Moorish Spain as something other than paradise for Jews and Christians, for Muslims it remains not only a symbol of vanished greatness but a kind of alternative vision of Islam—one in which all the ills of present-day Islamic societies are reversed.
		The Spanish government has encouraged official immigration from South America at the expense of North Africa, but smugglers in high-speed power boats make nightly drop-offs on the ragged Spanish coastline, and the frequent discovery of corpses washing up on the beaches testifies to the desperation of those who did not quite get to shore.
	www.newyorker.com /fact/content/?040802fa_fact (9987 words)

	United Nations Human Rights Website - Treaty Bodies Database - Document - List of Issues - Spain
		List of issues to be taken up in connection with the consideration of
		According to paragraph 454 of the report, illiteracy among the adult population mainly affects women, for whom the illiteracy rate is 4.26 per cent, as compared with 2.1 per cent for men.
		In the light of the last report, please indicate how the Gypsies' Development Programme has worked in practice to ensure the right of that population to take part in the cultural life of the nation.
	www.unhchr.ch /tbs/doc.nsf/(Symbol)/E.C.12.Q.ESP.2.En?Opendocument (844 words)

	A new CEPA action plan!
		The final product Guidance for CEPA Plans (Communication, Education, Participation and Awareness) in Spanish Wetlands is considered by the Spanish Ministry of the Environment as an important step forward to preserve what still remains of Spain’s rich and diverse wetland habitats.
		The challenging preparatory process has been acknowledged by all the participants as a valuable learning process in itself, and the close working relationships established during the process will undoubtedly be valuable in ensuring the implementation of the guidance at local levels.
		As a result of the decentralized environmental management system in Spain they have developed the Guidance for wetland managers and the officials in the different Administrations with decision-making power over land uses, all of whom are guarantors of the application of legislation.
	www.ramsar.org /cepa/outreach_cepanews_e98.htm (397 words)

	The Spanish-speaking World: Information about Spain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		In the second half of the 20th century, Spain has played a catch-up role in the western international community; it joined the EU in 1986.
		Note: there are 19 autonomous communities including Balearic Islands and Canary Islands, and three small Spanish possessions off the coast of Morocco - Islas Chafarinas, Penon de Alhucemas, and Penon de Velez de la Gomera
		The Spanish economy boomed from 1986 to 1990, averaging five percent annual growth.
	www.braser.com /spanish-information/spain-facts.html (566 words)

	A resurgent Liberal » Blog Archive » John Milton on regionalism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		They should have here also schools and academies at their own choice, wherein their children may be bred up in their own sight to all learning and noble education; not in grammar only, but in all liberal arts and exercises.
		This would soon spread much more knowledge and civility, yea, religion, through all parts of the land, by communicating the natural heat of government and culture more distributively to all extreme parts, which now lie numb and neglected, would soon make the whole nation more industrious, more ingenious at home; more potent, more honourable abroad.
		The users of Constructaregion show a bias towards historical counties and metropolitian counties in their submissions so far - London is the favourite so far, followed by Cornwall, Yorkshire, a combined Devon and Cornwall (with the most popular name being Lyonesse) and Greater Manchester.
	www.martintod.org.uk /blog/?p=29 (692 words)

	Municipal and autonomous elections of 25 May 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		Number of voters residents in Spain and abroad by autonomous communities, provinces and municipalities
		Number of voters of the European Union and Norway for the municipal elections, by nationality.
		Number of spanish voters resident in Spain by gender and age group.
	www.ine.es /en/censoe/elecmun03/tablas_0503_en.htm (164 words)

	Speech by President Hugo Chávez, at the opening of XII G-15 Summit
		Authentic technological wonders that have made any place in the world to be always close with regard to distances and communications and have not been capable of bringing well-being for everybody, but only for a meager 15% living in the countries of the North.
		The countries of the North with 15% of the world population count with over 85% of Internet users and control 97% of the patents.
		Taking 1980 as the conventional year of the commencement of the neo-liberal cycle, by that time around 35 percent of the Latin American population were poor.
	www.venezuelanalysis.com /docs.php?dno=1011 (2781 words)

	The Internet Classroom [Science Proficiency, Biology, French, and Spanish]
		-Super Spanish Links An amazing number of links to sites about the Spanish language, Spanish history, culture, cuisine, travel, art, music, festivals, etc. Jim Becker from the University of Northern Iowa is the webmaster.
		This is from the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs
		All you need for the study and/or appreciation of the Spanish language, its literature, arts, music, people, history, foods, and lands.
	www.angelfire.com /zine/excel/splinks.html (4238 words)

	Mystic Planet's New Age Directory of Planet Earth: Spain
		Castilian Spanish; second languages include Catalan, Galician and Basque
		Chapeltown, Leeds LS7 4EJ, UK back to list of cities
		back to list of cities Go Higher New Age Dictionary
	mysticplanet.com /SPAIN.HTM (79 words)

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