The world around us
Spain is located in the Northern Hemisphere, in Europe. The capital of the Spanish
state is Madrid. The country has land
borders
with
France
and
Andorra
in the north,
Portugal
in the west and
Gibraltar
in the south. It also has a border
with
Morocco
on the African continent.
Spain is divided into
17
autonomous communities. These were created by the
Spanish Constitution of 1978. Two of these, Canarias and IIles Balears, are
archipelagos
. There are
two
autonomous cities,
Ceuta
and
Melilla
, in North Africa.
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What’s Spain’s political geography like?
1
Test your partner. Give clues about:
a)
bodies of water surrounding Spain.
b)
autonomous communities.
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