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Spain

The country of Spain lies on the continent of Europe. It is located forty
degrees north and four degrees west. The capital of Spain, Madrid, is located in
the central region known as the Centro-Meseta. The country of Spain is made up
of four regions: El norte, El este, El sur, and Centro-Meseta. Spain's large
area of 195,988 square miles covers about five sixths of the Iberian Peninsula.
It is one of the largest countries in Western Europe. At its widest point, Spain
stretches 635 miles from east to west. It stretches about 550 miles north to
south. Spain's longest coastline lies along the Mediterranean Sea and stretches
for almost 1700 miles from the eastern end of the Pyrenees mountain chain to the
strait of Gibraltar. The Pyrenees, one of Europe's largest mountain chains, is
270 miles long. They are practically impassable to humans because are formed
from only steep gorges that lead higher summits.

Spain is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean called the Gulf of Cadiz. The......

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