SPAIN

Location:southwestern Europe,bordering the Mediterranean Sea,North Atlantic,bay of biscay,Pyrenees mountains, southwest of west.

Area: Almost five times the size of Kentucky, slightly more than twice the size of Oregon.

LAND USE

• Arable use: 24.75%
• Permanent crops: 9.29%
• Other: 65.96%

Environment: pollution of the Mediterranean Sea from raw sewage and effluents from the offshore production of oil and gas. Water quality and quantity nationwide. Air pollution, deforestation,desertification.

AGE STRUCTURE

• 0-14 years-15.4%
• 15-24 years-9.6%
• 25-54 years-45.9%
• 55-64 years- 11.4%
• 65 years and over- 17.5%

Literacy:age 15 and over can read and write. Total population: 97.7% male: 98.5% female: 97%

Population growth rate: 0.81%

Life expectance at birth:

• Total population: 47,737,941
• Male: 78.47 years
• Female: 84.67 years

Language: Spanish

Population below poverty line: 21.1%

Unemployment rare: 53.2%

Agriculture: Grain, vegetables,olives,wine grapes,sugar beets,citrus,beef,pork,poultry,dairy products,and fish.