Spain (
i//;
Spanish:
España [esˈpaɲa] (
listen)),
officially the
Kingdom of Spain (
Spanish:
Reino
de España),
[c][7] is a
sovereign state and a
member state of the
European Union. It is
located on the
Iberian Peninsula in
southwestern Europe.
Its
mainland is
bordered to the south and east by the
Mediterranean Sea except for a small land
boundary with
Gibraltar; to the
north and north east by
France,
Andorra, and the
Bay of Biscay; and to the west and northwest by
Portugal and the
Atlantic Ocean. It is one
of three countries (
Morocco,
France) to have both Atlantic and
Mediterranean coastlines. Spain's 1,214 km (754 mi) border with Portugal is the
longest
uninterrupted border within the
European Union.
More at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain
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