The Country Name

■English：Spain　　■Español: España

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Coat of Arms

Time Zone

UTC/GMT +1

Capital

Madrid

Genaral Information

CountrySpain
Area 506,000k㎡
PopulationAbout 47,190,000(Jan. 2011)
CapitalMadrid (Population: 3,260,000)(Jan. 2011)
LanguageSpanish(Castellano), Basque, Catalan, Galician and Valencian
ReligionChristian(Catholic)
Official LanguageSpanish

National Holidays

January 1st：New Year's Holiday
January 6th ：Epiphany
March：Ash Wednesday
April：Easter Monday
May 1st ：May Day
August 15th：Assumption of Mary
October 12th：Hispanic Day
November 1st ：All Saints' Day
December 6th ：Constitution Day
December 25th：Christmas Day

How do they count the number of floors of a building?

In Spain, the floor at street level is always called "the ground floor" or "Planta baja". The first floor is the floor immediately above the ground floor, the next is the second floor, etc. The way of counting is akmost same as British English. Some buildings have mezzanine floor. They call is "Entresuelo". Be Careful!

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