Tag: Spain

Toledo, Spain

Charmingly small and remarkably resilient, the town of Toledo, the capital of the province of the same name and the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha, has seen, perhaps, everything. It was conquered by the Romans, besieged by the Visigoths and the...

Spain Population 2005

Southern European state of significant territorial, demographic and economic dimensions: it is in fact the second country in the EU by area, the fourth by population, the fifth by global GDP. The Spain, proceeding without stopping since the mid-seventies of the...

Spain Borders

According to itypeusa, Spain is the name by which, from Roman times onwards, the greater of the two ethnic-political aggregates into which the Iberian region is divided is known. Of this, Spain comprises 85% in area and 75% in population. For...

Spain Cinema

The first public screening of the Lumière cinema dates back to Spain on May 15, 1896. It was followed by an intense production activity: many were in fact the pioneers who tried their hand at revealing talent and inventiveness. E. Jimeno...

Spain Economy and Trade

Economic conditions. – According to indexdotcom, the current economic conditions of Spain are fully understood only when, alongside the natural factors that contribute to their determination, we recall the long historical evolution through which the peninsula has passed. Apart from the...

Spain Agriculture

A first consequence of the recent rapid demographic development has been the need for massive imports of foodstuffs, for example wheat, up to values ​​fluctuating for several years around 4,000,000 q (mostly from Argentina). But at the same time the best...

Spain Industry

But even greater is the effort made for the industrial development of the country. First of all, the availability of electricity has been considerably developed, quadrupling it compared to 1940. In 1959 the production was 16,380 million kWh, of which 13,380...