Southern Europe includes Iberian Peninsula, Apennine Peninsula and southern Balkan Peninsula, including Spain, Portugal, Andorra and other 17 countries. Spain, located in the Iberian Peninsula in southwest Europe, is located at the junction of Europe and Africa.
Spain has a total area of 505,925 square kilometers, about 830 kilometers from the northernmost to the southernmost, with the longest east-west direction 1000 kilometers.
The country is a mountainous country with a total area of 505,925 square kilometers and a coastline of about 7,800 kilometers. The number of countries that use Spanish as the official language is the second in the world, second only to English.
In the Middle Ages, many countries coexisted in this territory. 1492 After the victory of the recovery movement in Spain, a unified Spanish dynasty was established. And played an important role in the era of great navigation, and established a large number of colonies in Europe, America, Asia and Africa.
1494, signed the treaty of tolde silas with Portuguese * * *, with the intention of dividing the world into two parts. From the middle of15th century to the end of16th century, it became the most powerful country in Europe during the Renaissance, and an empire that never fell. 1588 The Armada was defeated by Britain and began to decline. After two republics and a monarchy, 1978 declared a constitutional monarchy.
The Spanish flag is rectangular, with an aspect ratio of 3:2. The flag surface consists of three parallel rectangles of red, yellow and red from top to bottom. The yellow part in the middle occupies the flag surface 1/2, and the national emblem is painted on the left. Red and yellow are traditional colors deeply loved by the Spanish people, symbolizing the people's complete loyalty to the motherland.
Spain hung red, yellow and red flags on ships in 1785, which became the representative color of Spain. The yellow part is painted with the national emblem of Spain on the left. Represents the four ancient kingdoms that make up Spain.
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