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Spain Factbook [WWE]

Ra and
27-01-2007, 22:30
Head of State: King Alfonso XIII
Population:18,500,000
Language:Spanish

Military.
Military Personel: 400,000
Land Army: 300,000
Naval Personel: 100,000
Army Reserves: 700,000

Naval Fleet.
Size: 44 Ships.
Components:
19 Cruisers
5 Destroyers
7 Armored Cruisers
4 Gunboats
1 Battleshp
1 Hospital Ship
3 Auxiliary Cruisers
4 Transports.

Area:
total: 504,782 sq km
land: 499,542 sq km
water: 5,240 sq km
note: there are 2 autonomous cities - Ceuta and Melilla - and 17 autonomous communities including Balearic Islands and Canary Islands, and three small Spanish possessions off the coast of Morocco - Islas Chafarinas, Penon de Alhucemas, and Penon de Velez de la Gomera

Area - comparative:
slightly more than twice the size of Oregon

Land boundaries:
total: 1,917.8 km
border countries: France 623 km, Gibraltar 1.2 km, Portugal 1,214 km, Morocco (Ceuta) 6.3 km, Morocco (Melilla) 9.6 km

Coastline:
4,964 km
Maritime claims:
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm (applies only to the Atlantic Ocean)

Climate:
temperate; clear, hot summers in interior, more moderate and cloudy along coast; cloudy, cold winters in interior, partly cloudy and cool along coast

Terrain:
large, flat to dissected plateau surrounded by rugged hills; Pyrenees in north

Elevation extremes:
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Pico de Teide (Tenerife) on Canary Islands 3,718 m

Natural resources:
coal, lignite, iron ore, copper, lead, zinc, uranium, tungsten, mercury, pyrites, magnesite, fluorspar, gypsum, sepiolite, kaolin, potash, hydropower, arable land.

Land use:
arable land: 27.18%
permanent crops: 9.85%
other: 62.97%
Irrigated land:
37,800 sq km

Natural hazards:
periodic droughts
Kopparbergs
27-01-2007, 22:59
OOC: Spain's population was 18.5 million around 1900. Here's a good link to find out the population of Europe by then: http://www.tacitus.nu/historical-atlas/population/