Area: 505 990 km²
Population: 44.39 million
Capital city: Madrid
Currency: 1 euro = 100 cent
National day: 12 October
EU-membership: 1 January 1986 (EC)

Head of State: King Juan Carlos I
Head of Government: Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
Foreign Minister: Miguel Ángel Moratinos
Government: Partido Socialista Obrero Español (PSOE, Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party, 164 seats)
Parliament: Congreso de los Diputados, 350 members, elections every 4 years
Senado, 259 members

GDP: € 869 billion (2005)
GDP per capita in PPS: € 20 300 (2005)
Economic growth in real terms: + 3.4% (2005)

Links:
Head of State: http://www.casareal.es
Head of Government: http://www.mpr.es
Head of Government: http://www.la-moncloa.es
Foreign Minister: http://www.mae.es
Parliament: http://www.congreso.es

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