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Cities in Spain

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Spain

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Spain's geography

  • España es uno de los países más grandes de Europa. El territorio se extiende por 505,992 kilómetros.
    • Spain is one of the largest countries in Europe. It covers 505,992 kilometres.
  • La capital de España es Madrid.
    • The capital of Spain is Madrid.
  • España está dividida en 17 Comunidades Autónomas.
    • Spain is broken up into 17 Autonomous Communities.
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Madrid

  • Sólo se convirtió en la capital en 1561 cuando el rey Felipe II decidió establecer su corte allí con la intención de unir las diferentes regiones de España para localizar la capital en el centro de la península.
    • It only became the capital in 1561 when King Felipe II decided to set up a court there in an attempt to unite the different regions of Spain by making the location of the capital in the middle of the country.
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Catalonia

  • El catalán en la región noreste que se llama Cataluña, vasco en la región del norte (llamado Vizcaya) que tiene frontera con los Pirineos y gallego en el noroeste de España (Galicia) que está situada por encima de Portugal.
    • Catalán is in the northeastern region called Catalonia.
    • Basque is in the north of Spain which borders the Pyrenees.
    • Galicia is in the far west of Spain (Galicia) above Portugal.

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