Population: 40,448,191 (July 2007 est.)

Size of Country: 504,782 sq km 

Capital City: Madrid

Time Zone: GMT+1

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

Currency: Euro

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

Telephone Country Code: 34

Electricity: 220 volts

National Holidays: National Day, Oct. 12

Religion: Roman Catholic (94%)