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Quick Facts:
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Languages:
Castilian Spanish 74%
Catalan 17%
Galician 7%
Basque 2%
Religion:
Catholic 67%
Non-religious/other 31%
Protestant 0.4%
Evangelicals 0.4%
Time Zone: GMT +1 hours
Currency: Euros
Population:
40 Million
Income/person/year: $14,490
Urban population: 78%
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Overview:
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Spain is the second largest country in western Europe (after France)
and is slightly larger than California
in size. It is located
at about the
same latitude as northern California. With over 85% of Spain's border on
the water, the sea has always played a prominent role in its history.
The middle of Spain is comprised of a large plateau averaging around 600
meters above sea level. All along the northern border is the Pyrenees
mountain chain,
which stretches for 435 km. Due to the high plateau Barcelona
contains one of the few good harbors along the Mediterranean coast. The
majority of the coastline contains rocky cliffs or rapidly increasing
elevation. The capital city is Madrid, with over 3 million people.
Spain is well known for producing some of the world's best painters.
El Greco, Salvador Dali, and Pablo Picasso are among the more well known.
Due to the long occupation by Muslims in the
eighth to twelth centuries, there
is a rich heritage of Muslim architecture
with many fine examples of mosaic
art. Spain became one of the most powerful countries in the world during
the sixteenth century as its empire spread to much of South
and Central
America, Mexico, and the West Indies.
Spain's influence on these areas of
the world has a strong impact to this day.
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| What
We Are Doing Here:
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We are working
with a Spanish Bible
school in Spain to
help promote
distance learning.
We have also met
with other
ministries in the
country that are
interested in
developing distance
learning programs.
To see what else GEM
is doing in Spain
click here.
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