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Spain is located in the northern hemisphere and is part of the continent of Europe.

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The Atlantic Ocean and the Cantabrian and Mediterranean seas all touch the coast of

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Spain.

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Ceuta and Merida are both Spanish cities located on the coast of North Africa.

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The Balearic Islands are in the Mediterranean, opposite the Valencian coast.

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These islands are not very mountainous.

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The Canary Islands are in the Atlantic Ocean, near Africa.

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They are volcanic in origin and quite mountainous.

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Autonomous communities are territories with their own characteristics, such as history

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and traditions.

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They have capital cities and their own governments.

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There are 17 autonomous communities in Spain.

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The population is all the people living in a place.

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The population of Spain is about 46 million people.

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The population includes different groups.

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There are males and females.

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There are also children, adults and other people.

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Each autonomous community is different.

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Spain's official language is Spanish or Castilian.

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Some autonomous communities have another language as well.

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For example, in Catalonia people speak Catalan, in País Vasco people speak Euskera and in

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Galicia people speak Galician.

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All autonomous communities have important monuments, museums, festivals, music, dance

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and food. Together with language, this may help their culture. We should protect and

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respect our culture.