3 intresting facts about spain?

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Castilian Spanish is the official language nationwide and is spoken by 74% of the population. Catalan is spoken by 17%, Galician is spoken by 7%, Basque is spoken by 2%. These languages are official regionally.

The Spanish climate is considered temperate; clear, hot summers in the interior, more moderate and cloudy along coast; cloudy, cold winters in the interior, and partly cloudy and cool along the coast.

Spain makes 44% of the world's olive oil, more than twice that of Italy and four times that of Greece. More than a quarter of Spain's oil (10% of the total world production) comes from Jaen

The Spanish (in particular, the people of Cadiz) claim to have invented fried fish. Great Britain had links to Cadiz in the eighteenth century and it is thought that the British imported the idea of fish 'n' chips from there

Nearly three-quarters of the world's saffron is grown in Spain
The original paella was not considered a seafood dish but had chicken, rabbit and pork (and sometimes snails).

Though Spain is more famous for its red wine than white, the majority of its vineyards have white grapes

The fortified wine sherry comes from the city of Jerez in Andalusia. 'Sherry' is a corruption of Shariz, the Persian name for the city. In Spanish, sherry is simply called 'vino de Jerez' (Jerez wine).
Tomatoes, potatoes, avocadoes, tobacco, and cacao (for chocolate) were all imported into Europe by Spain.

Spain is one of the top five importers of Scotch whiskey.

sarah

1)Not all Spaniards are native speakers of (Castilian) "Spanish". There are in fact four official languages in Spain (Castilian, Catalan, Basque and Galician), three unofficial regional languages (Asturian, Aragonese and Aranese), and several more dialects of these (Andalucian, Valencian...). Almost all Spaniards can speak Castilian Spanish though.
2) Spain is traditionally a strongly religious country (Roman Catholocism). However, only 76% of Spaniards now identify themselves as Catholics, and only about 20% are regular church-goers. Due to recent immigration, 3% of the population is now Muslim.
3) Most of Spain was under Muslim domination from 711 to the mid 11th century. The full peninsula was not reconquered by the Christian powers until 1492.

dinodino

Spain has five mountain ranges

The Roman Emperors Trajan and Hadrian were born in Spain

Pimboli

1. Legal gay marriage is permitted.
2. During the 16th century it was the most powerful country in the world.
3. Spaniards don't call their language Spanish (espaГ±ol) but castilian (castellano)

phantasmariposa

1) part of a Star Wars movie was filmed in Spain
2) TRUE Madrilenos (being born of pure Madrid descent) have the nickname "gatos" (yes, cats)
3) Christopher Columbus is "buried" in Spain (he isn't exactly buried, he is being held by four statues in a box in a cathedral)

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