Location: Southwestern Europe, bordering the Bay of Biscay, Mediterranean Sea, North Atlantic Ocean, and Pyrenees Mountains, southwest of France

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

Languages: Castilian Spanish (official) 74%, Catalan 17%, Galician 7%, Basque 2%, are official regionally

Government: Parliamentary Monarchy

Chief of State: King Juan Carlos I

President: Jose Luis Zapatero

Religion: Roman Catholic 94%, other 6%

Average life expectancy: 79 years

Area: 505, 000 sq km

Area (Comparative): slightly twice the size of Oregon

Unemployment rate: 8.3%

Population: 40,491,052

GDP: €840 billion

GDP growth: 3.8%

GDP per head: €26, 054

The Rain in Spain… falls mainly in the mountainous region of Galicia, actually. The northern coast of Spain, including Galicia, Asturias, Cantabria and the Basque Country, is considered an “oceanic climate” and receives the most precipitation.

source: http://www.CIA.gov,  World Factbook