Spain – The Facts
- Full name: Kingdom of Spain
- Population: 44.2 million (UN 2007)
- Capital: Madrid
- Area: 505,988 sq km (195,363 sq miles)
- Major languages: Spanish (Castilian), Catalan and its variant Valencian, Gallego (Galician), Euskera (Basque)
- Major religion: Christianity
- Life expectancy: 78 years (men), 84 years (women) (UN)
- Monetary unit: 1 euro = 100 cents
- Main exports: Transport equipment, agricultural products
- GNI per capita: US $25,360 (World Bank, 2006)
- Internet domain: .es (.cat for Catalonia)
- International dialling code: +34
- Head of state: King Juan Carlos I
- Prime minister: Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero
- The press
- El Mundo - Madrid-based daily
- El Pais - Madrid-based daily
- ABC - Madrid-based daily
- La Razon - Madrid-based daily
- La Vanguardia - Barcelona-based daily
- El Periodico de Catalunya - Barcelona-based daily
- Television
- TVE - public, services include national networks La Primera and La 2, satellite-delivered
- TVE Internacional, rolling news channel 24 Horas
- Tele Cinco - national, commercial
- Antena 3 - national, commercial
- Cuatro - national, commercial, formerly Canal+ Espana
- Radio
- RNE - public, services include speech network Radio 1, cultural network Radio Clasica, youth-oriented Radio 3, news station Radio 5 Todo Noticias
- Cadena SER - commercial, operates more than 50 national, regional stations
- Onda Cero - commercial
- Cadena COPE - church-controlled
- Punto Radio - commercial
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