OUR COUNTRY

Spain borders Portugal in the west, France and Andorra in the north and Morocco in the south. 

      

Spain is surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea, the Bay of Biscay (Cantabric Sea) and the Atlantic Ocean. 

- Spain is divided into 17 autonomous communities and 2 autonomous cities (Ceuta and Melilla).

- Autonomous communities are divided into provinces. 

- Some autonomous communities have more than one province and some only have one province. There are 52 provinces in total.

- Autonomous community has got: a flag, a president and a parliament. 

There are many cities, towns and villages in a province. 

Exercise 1: autonomous communities. 

Exercise 2: autonomous communities (puzzle). 

 

Exercise 3: autonomous communities. 

Exercise 4: provinces (puzzle).

Exercise 5: provinces.

POPULATION

- The population is all the people living in a place. 

- We can classify population according to:

• Gender: male (boys and men) and female (girls and women). 
  
  
  

• Age groups: children(0-12), adolescents(13-20), adults  (21-70) and older people (+70).
  
  
  

• Where they live: rural population (they live in villages) and urban population (they live in towns and cities).
  
  
  

CULTURE

- Culture of a place is made up of language, food, festivals, music, dance, monuments, and museums.

- The official language in Spain is Spanish.

- There are also other co-official languages:

• Galician: Galicia.

• Basque: Basque Country and Navarra.  

•  Catalan: Catalonia and Balearic Island.

- In some autonomous communities, they speak other languages too: Valencian (Comunidad Valenciana), Aranés (Lérida), Aragonés  (Aragón) and  Asturiano (Asturias).