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All about Aragon

Aragon is an autonomous community of north-eastern Spain comprised of the provinces of Zaragoza Huesca, and Teruel which together cover an area of 47,719 km². Aragon’s population of 1.2M is of a low density and therefore there are large, almost deserted spaces. More than half the population live in the capital, Zaragoza (or in English: [...]

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All about Madrid

Madrid is one of Spain’s seventeen autonomous communities, located in the centre of the country. It contains the province of Madrid, and also the city of Madrid, which is the capital of the community, the province, and the country.

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All about the Canary Islands

The Canary Islands are an archipelago consisting of seven islands in the Atlantic Ocean. They are located 108 km off the north-western coast of Africa (Morocco and the Western Sahara) and form an autonomous community of Spain consisting of two provinces, Las Palmas and Santa Cruz de Tenerife.

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All about Barcelona

Facts and information on the stunning Spanish city of Barcelona.

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All about Bilbao

Located in the Basque Country in the north of Spain, Bilbao is a major seaport and industrial centre and also the largest city of the region. The urban area of the city, with almost 1 million inhabitants, is encompassed by two small mountain ranges – the Pagasarri and the Artxanda – which is the reason [...]

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All about the Balearic Islands

The Balearic Islands are an archipelago in the western Mediterranean Sea, near the eastern coast of the Iberian Peninsula. Together they form one of the Autonomous Communities of Spain whose official languages are Catalan and Spanish with Palma de Mallorca as their capital city. This wonderful group of islands is divided into Gimnesias (Mallorca, Menorca [...]

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All about Andalucia

Andalusia is the most populated and second largest of the seventeen autonomous communities that constitute Spain. Its capital is Seville and it is bordered on the north by Extremadura and Castilla-La Mancha; on the east by Murcia and the Mediterranean Sea and on the west by Portugal and the Atlantic Ocean. The British colony of [...]

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