4 interesting facts about spain?

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The capital of Spain is Madrid (pop. 3,169,000). Spanish cities with more than 500,000 inhabitants include Barcelona, MÃ¡laga, Seville, Valencia and Zaragoza

Spain has now replaced France as the most popular holiday destination among Brits and many other North Europeans.

Thirteen of the 15 major North American oil and gas companies have Spanish management, control and information systems installed.52.5 million tourists visit Spain
Spain, covering 194,898 square miles (504,782 square kilometers), is the second largest country in Western Europe

The population of Spain is 42 million

Over 98% of people are Roman Catholic

With a mean altitude of 600 m. Spain is the second highest country in Europe after Switzerland

At 506,000M square meters Spain is the second largest country in Europe after France.

The 16th century Escorial palace of King Phillip II of Spain had 2673 doors?

The word Spain means the land of rabbits, They were really splitting hares on this one. Phoenician settlers found such an abundance of hares on the land, they named it after them. Only they mistook the hares for the hyraxes of Africa, and named it in a Canaanite dialect, which Latin-speaking Romans turned into Hispania. Down through the years it morphed into the Norman French Spagne, and then Spain

A common custom in Spain is to eat one grape for each of the last 12 seconds of every year for good luck

Life expectancy in Spain is 74.3 years for men and 81.6 years for women
Spain in the second most popular holiday destination in the world
In 1819, the USA purchased Florida from Spain for the cancellation of a $5 million debt.

The average property in Spain has been increasing at about 20% year on year
One in ten people in Spain are farmers

Spanish cities Madrid and Barcelona are the 53rd and 109th most populated cities in the world respectively.
5 million people will migrate to Spain. Over the next three to four years, the number of non-Spanish people living in Spain is predicted to increase from around 1.11 million (in 2001) to about 3 million by the end of the decade.
(Note: this is the estimate of 'official immigrantsâ€™; another 3 million are predicted to make a permanent home in Spain without registering to live there).
Origin of tapas:
When a glass of wine was ordered, a slice of ham was given to cover the glass to keep out insects. The word 'Tapar' means to cover

To unsuspecting tourists the Spanish language can catch them unawares with a number of words they think they will understand, however!!

Embarazada, has caused more than one misunderstanding, It means "pregnant".

ConstipaciÃ³n is no more serious than a "common cold",

DecepciÃ³n a "disappointment".

Compromiso a "committment" engaged couples are Comrometidos".

Remover is not "to remove", but "to stir".

Suplir, a verb, means "to substitute", not to "supply".

Fastidioso is "bothersome", not "fastidious"

Soportar is not "to support", but to "suffer" or "tolerate" something.

Pretender doesn't mean "to pretend", but to "try" or "aspire to".

Molestar is to "annoy" or "bother", not to "molest".

Exito is a "success", not an "exit" (which is "salida")

Lectura is the act of "reading", not a "lecture".

Rape many an inspired menu translation! refers to "monkfish" or "anglerfish".

A BillÃ³n, in Spain, is still "a million x a million".

Density of population is 79 inhabitants per square kilometer (205 per square mile)

There are more than 50 recognized wine producing districts in Spain

Spanish and English are in a virtual dead heat to be the second most spoken language in the world. Spanish has 332 million speakers, while English has 322 million

The oldest person ever to climb Everest was Ramon Blanco of Spain. He was 60 years and 160 days old. He reached the summit on October 7, 1993

There are more phones in New York City than there are in the whole of Spain
The number of Brits who own property abroad is set to double to a massive 4.4 million, according to the research by Barclays - and Spain remains the favourite destination
The Tampa Bay Water Authority has selected a Spanish firm to repair, redesign and operate the Apollo Beach plant, the largest desalination facility in the U.S.
Six Spanish companies were among the top 10 private infrastructure-management companies of 2004, according to Public Works Financing, the leading industry magazine.
A Spanish company, Abengoa Bioenergy, is the second largest producer of bio-fuels in the world.
The guitar was invented in Andalusia in the 1790s when a sixth string was added to the Moorish lute.

Top 5 boyâ€™s names: Alejandro, Jorge, Juan, Jose, Pedro.
Top 5 Girls names: Anna, Isabel, Nadia, Pilar, Nuria

Spain is the world's second largest wine producer following France

The arts world in the early 20th century was influenced by a remarkable group of Spanish artists: Pablo Picasso, Juan Gris, Joan MirÃ³ and Salvador DalÃ.
Philip, Prince of Calabria, the eldest son of Charles XIII of Spain, adored gloves so much that he often wore 16 pairs at a time.
The town of Bunol, near Valencia, hold an annual festival called "Tomatina." The festival occurs on the last Wednesday of the month of August. Up to 30,000 people have a huge food fight and throw in excess of 125,000 kiloâ€™s of tomatoes at each other.
At 52 floors and 186metres, the Gran Bali Hotel in Benidorm is the tallest in Europe.About
5.8 percent of the people who use the Internet speak Spanish, making it the No. 4 language in the Internet community
Picasso's full name was Pablo Diego Jose Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno Maria de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santisima Trinidad Ruiz Picasso.
Spain is one of the worlds largest producers of cork.

focus

The weather in Spain is generally hot and dry compared to many other places.
The cost of living is much cheaper then most other European countries.
The Spanish people are far more pleasant than the UK.
The compensation culture and ' the world owes me a living' culture, hasn't reached Spain yet and hope it stays that way.

Lola

We don't wear flamenco dresses everyday as some people think, lol ( quite uncomfortable to be honest! ) We do work, we have a bad name about being lazy but most of us work hard and long hours. Our timetables are totally different to yours, everyday life here starts later, shops open later, we have lunch later, we go to bed later and we go clubbing very late too to the point that some people get back home in the light of the new day. Spanish food is quite healthy in general and also cheap. Tapas are still the star meal!

I believe the capital Madrid sits at the highest altitude in Europe, also its the only capital city in Europe not to have a river running through it.

Ana

1936- 1939 civil war
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guerra_civil_espa%C3%B1ola
1931 second republic in Spain
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Segunda_Rep%C3%BAblica_Espa%C3%B1ola
1833-1840
1846-1849
1872- 1879
Carlistas warÂ´s http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guerras_carlistas

1873- 1879 first republic in spain
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primera_Rep%C3%BAblica_Espa%C3%B1ola

1492 Conquest of America Colon
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Descubrimiento_de_Am%C3%A9rica

finestrat1

The first Helicopter taking off was invented in Spain.
NapoleonÂ´s fiercest enemies in Europe
Robbed out by british companies without leaving anything here
Country of beach and snow
By suburb trains to skiing out of Madrid

Happy Murcia

800,000 years ago Homo Erectus arrives in the Iberian Peninsular
1975 The 3rd Bourbon restoration,and King Juan Carlos is crowned
Telefonica is the national telephone network
Spanish post boxes are Yellow

Joan el guiri

1. Spain is the second highest country in Europe, after Switzerland. The highest mountain is Pico de Teide, 3,719 m, which is not in Europe but in Tenerife.

2. Spain still has two colonies, Ceuta and Melilia. They are on the north coast of Morocco. This makes their claims over Gibraltar look not so clever. They also own Llivia which is completely surrounded by France.

3. Many years ago in the town of BuÃ±ol, some lads pelted each other with tomatoes. Why? nobody can remember, but last year, thousands of people turned up, as they do every year to throw tomatoes at each other!

4. Neanderthal man should really be called Gibraltar man, because thatÂ´s where he was first discovered.
Correction. He was first discovered in Belgium, then in a quarry in Gibraltar. Where else would you find a stone age guy?. I am guilty of not checking this out. I was told this in Gib. Sorry!
(Thanks for the correction!).

p.s. Easyjet flies into Barcelona Airport.
Once again......Barcelona Airport for Barcelona, (not surprisingly), Girona for the Costa Brava, Reus for Tarragona, Salou and Port Aventura. Otherwise you take longer in the bus than flying!

â™¥ Miss Sausage â™¥

Barcelona is really crowded with people!!!!!!!!

Foo

Gaudi's masterpice the sagrada familiara is still being built, despite it being started over 100 years ago in Barcelona.

Spain has called for the return of Gibraltar, a small but strategic British overseas territory or colony near the Strait of Gibraltar. In referendums held in this regard to date, the majority of Gibraltarians have rejected the union with Spain.

Gironi airport is the closest airport to Barcelona easyjet fly FROM EDINBURGH

emmm....

Spain invented tapas and the siesta.

Oh and in Spain, when Fawlty towers was on, they made manuel Italian.

cobra

I just have one.
A law has just been passsed to ban one of the many revolting festivals they have there that involve torturing and killing animals. For some sick reason, at this place on the coast,they clip the wings of ducks so they can't fly and then throw them into the sea. Then a whole bunch of people jump in and try to grab the ducks, tearing themto pieces whilst they are at it. Nice? Spain has many of these nasty ways of having fun, I have no ida why.
I have another one - Picasso was Spanish. Not very interesting though.

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