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<text>
<title>
Spain: Geography
</title>
<article><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Spain
Geography</hdr><body>
<p>Location: Southwestern Europe, bordering the North Atlantic
Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, between Portugal and France
</p>
<list>
<l>Area:</l>
<l> total area: 504,750 km2</l>
<l> land area: 499,400 km2</l>
<l> comparative area: slightly more than twice the size of
Oregon</l>
</list>
<p>note: includes Balearic Islands, Canary Islands, and five
places of sovereignty (plazas de soberania) on and off the coast
of Morocco - Ceuta, Mellila, Islas Chafarinas, Penon de
Alhucemas, and Penon de Velez de la Gomera
</p>
<p>Land boundaries: total 1,903.2 km, Andorra 65 km, France 623
km, Gibraltar 1.2 km, Portugal 1,214 km
</p>
<p>Coastline: 4,964 km
</p>
<list>
<l>Maritime claims:</l>
<l> exclusive economic zone: 200 nm</l>
<l> territorial sea: 12 nm</l>
</list>
<p>International disputes: Gibraltar question with UK; Spain
controls five places of sovereignty (plazas de soberania) on and
off the coast of Morocco - the coastal enclaves of Ceuta and
Melilla, which Morocco contests, as well as the islands of Penon
de Alhucemas, Penon de Velez de la Gomera, and Islas Chafarinas
</p>
<p>Climate: temperate; clear, hot summers in interior, more
moderate and cloudy along coast; cloudy, cold winters in
interior, partly cloudy and cool along coast
</p>
<p>Terrain: large, flat to dissected plateau surrounded by rugged
hills; Pyrenees in north
</p>
<p>Natural resources: coal, lignite, iron ore, uranium, mercury,
pyrites, fluorspar, gypsum, zinc, lead, tungsten, copper,
kaolin, potash, hydropower
</p>
<list>
<l>Land use:</l>
<l> arable land: 31%</l>
<l> permanent crops: 10%</l>
<l> meadows and pastures: 21%</l>
<l> forest and woodland: 31%</l>
<l> other: 7%</l>
</list>
<p>Irrigated land: 33,600 km2 (1989 est.)
</p>
<p>Environment: deforestation; air pollution
</p>
<p>Note: strategic location along approaches to Strait of
Gibraltar
</p></body></article></text>