{"id":359742,"date":"2026-04-02T14:53:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T09:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=359742"},"modified":"2026-04-02T14:53:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T09:23:13","slug":"key-facts-about-spain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/key-facts-about-spain\/","title":{"rendered":"Key Facts about Spain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News:<\/strong> Amid the ongoing conflict with <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Iran<\/span><\/span>, <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Spain<\/span><\/span> has closed its airspace to <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">United States<\/span><\/span> military aircraft involved in operations against Iran.<\/p>\n<h2>Key Facts about Spain<\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 375px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.worldatlas.com\/r\/w1200\/upload\/65\/00\/f0\/es-01.jpg?resize=375%2C360&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Spain \" width=\"375\" height=\"360\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: World Atlas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Location: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Spain is located in <\/span><b>southwestern Europe<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on th<\/span>e<b> Iberian Peninsula.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b><b>Bordering nations: <\/b><\/b>It shares land borders with <strong><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">France<\/span><\/span> and <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Andorra <\/span><\/span>(northeast), <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Portugal<\/span><\/span> (west) and <\/strong>and<strong>\u00a0Gibraltar<\/strong> (South).<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Bordering water bodies: <\/strong>The <strong data-start=\"781\" data-end=\"822\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Bay of Biscay<\/span><\/span><\/strong> lies to the north.\n<ul>\n<li data-section-id=\"1812gnr\" data-start=\"842\" data-end=\"921\">The <strong data-start=\"848\" data-end=\"889\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Atlantic Ocean<\/span><\/span><\/strong> lies to the west and northwest.<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"txl33h\" data-start=\"922\" data-end=\"1001\">The <strong data-start=\"928\" data-end=\"969\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Mediterranean Sea<\/span><\/span><\/strong> lies to the east and southeast.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also includes<\/span><b> several territories outside mainland Europe<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The autonomous cities of <\/span><b>Ceuta and Melilla in North Africa<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>Balearic Islands <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the <\/span><b>Mediterranean Sea<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The<\/span><b> Canary Islands<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the<\/span><b> Atlantic Ocean<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Several small uninhabited islands on the<\/span><b> Mediterranean side of the Strait of Gibraltar<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Capital City:<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The capital of Spain is<\/span><b> Madrid.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Total area: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its total area is about<\/span><b> 505,994 km\u00b2.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Geography:\u00a0<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li data-section-id=\"wh7asz\" data-start=\"1621\" data-end=\"1766\"><strong data-start=\"1666\" data-end=\"1709\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Plateau: <\/span><\/span><\/strong>Mainland Spain is largely dominated by <strong data-start=\"1666\" data-end=\"1709\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">a vast plateau <\/span><\/span><\/strong> <strong data-start=\"1666\" data-end=\"1709\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Meseta Central.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"1o70jp0\" data-start=\"1767\" data-end=\"1845\"><strong>Mountain:<\/strong> The<strong> Pyrenees Mountains<\/strong> form a <strong>natural boundary<\/strong> between <strong>Spain and France<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Rivers:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The major rivers are <\/span><b>Tagus River (longest river of the Iberian Peninsula and it flows into Portugal) and Ebro River (flows eastward into the Mediterranean Sea).\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"1wa4cpw\" data-start=\"2505\" data-end=\"2626\"><strong>Desert:<\/strong> The <strong data-start=\"2511\" data-end=\"2554\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Tabernas Desert<\/span><\/span><\/strong> in <strong>Andalusia, Spain<\/strong> is considered the <strong data-start=\"2586\" data-end=\"2625\">only true desert in mainland Europe<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Highest point: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its highest point is <strong>Teide Peak<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\"><strong>Natural resources:<\/strong> It is rich in<\/span><\/span> mineral resources such as <strong data-start=\"93\" data-end=\"215\">copper, fluorspar, gypsum, iron ore, kaolin, lead, magnesite, mercury, pyrites, sepiolite, tungsten, uranium, and zinc<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Amid the ongoing conflict with Iran, Spain has closed its airspace to United States military aircraft involved in operations against Iran. Key Facts about Spain Location: Spain is located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.\u00a0 Bordering nations: It shares land borders with France and Andorra (northeast), Portugal (west) and and\u00a0Gibraltar (South). 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