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Capital
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Madrid
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Population
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40,037,995 (July 2001 est.)
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Area
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504,782 sq km (this includes land & water - slightly more than twice the size of Oregon)
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Government
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Parliamentary monarchy
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Money
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Spanish peseta (ESP); euro (EUR)
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note: on 1 January 1999, the EU introduced the euro as a common currency that is now being used by financial institutions in Spain at a fixed rate of 166.386 Spanish pesetas per euro and will replace the local currency for all transactions in 2002
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Climate
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Temperate; clear, hot summers in interior, more moderate and cloudy along coast; cloudy, cold winters in interior, partly cloudy and cool along coast
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Languages
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Castilian Spanish (official) 74%, Catalan 17%, Galician 7%, Basque 2%
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