Kingdom of Spain | |
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.svg)  Location of Spain (dark green) – in Europe (green & dark grey) | |
| Capital and largest city | Madrid 40°26′N 3°42′W / 40.433°N 3.700°W |
| Official language and national language | Spanish[c] |
| Ethnic groups (2019)[4] | |
| Religion (2020)[5] |
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| Demonym(s) | |
| Government | Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy |
• Monarch | Felipe VI |
| Pedro Sánchez | |
| Pilar Llop | |
| Meritxell Batet | |
| Carlos Lesmes Serrano | |
| Legislature | Cortes Generales |
| Senate | |
| Congress of Deputies | |
| Formation | |
• De facto | 20 January 1479 |
• De jure | 9 June 1715 |
| 19 March 1812 | |
| 29 December 1978 | |
| 1 January 1986 | |
| Area | |
• Total | 505,990[6] km2 (195,360 sq mi) (51st) |
• Water (%) | 1.04 |
| Population | |
• 2020 estimate |  47,431,256[7] [e] (30th) |
• Density | 94/km2 (243.5/sq mi) (120th) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2020 estimate |
• Total | $2.016 trillion[9] (15th) |
• Per capita | $43,007[9] (30th) |
| GDP (nominal) | 2020 estimate |
• Total | $1.440 trillion[9] (13th) |
• Per capita | $30,734[9] (29th) |
| Gini (2019) |  33.0[10]medium · 103rd |
| HDI (2018) | 0.893[11] very high · 25th |
| Currency | Euro[f] (€) (EUR) |
| Time zone | UTC±0 to +1 (WET and CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+1 to +2 (WEST and CEST) |
| Note: most of Spain observes CET/CEST, except the Canary Islands and Plazas de soberanía which observe WET/WEST.
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| Date format | dd/mm/yyyy (CE) |
| Driving side | right |
| Calling code | +34 |
| ISO 3166 code | ES |
| Internet TLD | .es[g] |
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Spain
Spain, officially the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southwestern Europe with some pockets of territory across the Strait of Gibraltar and the Atlantic Ocean. Its continental European territory is situated on the Iberian Peninsula. Its territory also includes two archipelagos: the Canary Islands off the coast of North Africa, and the Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean Sea. The African enclaves of Ceuta, Melilla, and Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera, makes Spain the only European country to have a physical border with an African country (Morocco). Several small islands in the Alboran Sea are also part of Spanish territory. The country's mainland is bordered to the south and east by the Mediterranean Sea except for a small land boundary with Gibraltar; to the north and northeast by France, Andorra, and the Bay of Biscay; and to the west and northwest by Portugal and the Atlantic Ocean respectively.