Regional Information about Spain

Full country name: Kingdom of Spain
Area: 504,784 sq km
Population: 43 million (growth rate 0.2%)
Capital city: Madrid (pop 4 million)
People: Spaniards (though Catalans and Basques display a fierce independent spirit)
Language: Castilian Spanish (also Catalan, Galician & Basque)
Time Zone: GMT/UTC plus 1 hour in winter, or two hours in summer (from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in September)
Religion: 90% Roman Catholic
Government: Parliamentary monarchy
Prime Minister: José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
King: Juan Carlos I


GDP: $646 billion
GDP per head: $16,500
Annual growth: 3%
Unemployment: 10.2%
Inflation: 3%
Major industries: automobile industry, textiles & apparel, food & beverages, metals, chemicals, shipbuilding, tourism
Major trading partners: European Union (esp. France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, UK, Benelux), U.S.
Member of European Union: yes
Euro zone participant: yes