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Spain is located at the Iberian Península, of which it occupies 

approximately 80% (the remaining 20% are occupied by 

Portugal), in the southwest of Europe. In the north Spain 

borders on France and Andorra, with the Pyrenees as a 

natural frontier. Spain is the 3rd country of Europe in 

extension and the 5th in population. 

There are five big mountain ranges crossing the country, and 

about 50% of it are located at an elevated plain. Landscapes 

are extremely varied, some almost desert-like, others green 

and fertile, and of course there are the long coasts, in the 

east along Mediterranean Sea from Pyrenees to Gibraltar, and 

in the west (the major part of the Iberian peninsula's western 

coast is occupied by Portugal) along the Atlantic Ocean and 

Cantabrian Sea

The most distinctive geographical features of Spain are its 

mountains. They are so widespread that Richard Ford, the 

famous 19th-century English traveler called Spain’s topography 

“almost one mountain”.

 After Switzerland, Spain is the most mountainous country in 

Europe. Numerous mountain chains cross the landscape like 

protruding ribs, mostly in an east west direction. 

Spain's population density, lower than that of most 

European countries, is roughly equivalent to New England's. 

In recent years, following a longstanding pattern in the rest 

of Europe, rural populations are moving to cities. 

Spain has no official religion. The constitution of 1978 

disestablished the Roman Catholic Church as the official 

state religion, while recognizing the role it plays in Spanish 

society. More than 90% of the population are at least 

nominally Catholic. 

Spain has a predominantly warm Mediterranean climate, with 

dry summers and winters with balanced temperatures. Here 

you can enjoy more than 3,000 hours of sunshine per year. It 

is no surprise, then, that this is one of the warmest parts of 

Europe.

When talking of weather, special mention should be made of 

the Canary Islands. Their special location, facing the coast of 

Africa, gives them a benign climate with mild temperatures 

(22ºC year-round average on the coasts), with only small 

temperature differences between day and night, whatever the 

season.

Variety is the main characteristic of the climate here, due to 

Spain’s immense geographical diversity.

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