Spain

Spain (Spanish: España; [esˈpaɲa]), officially the Kingdom of Spain or Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España), is a country mainly located on the Iberian Peninsula in Europe. Its territory also includes two archipelagos: the Canary Islands, off the coast of Africa, and the Balearic Islands, in the Mediterranean Sea. The African enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla make Spain the only European country to have a land border with an African country (Morocco). Several small islands in the Alboran Sea are also part of Spanish territory. Mainland Spain is bordered to the south and east by the Mediterranean, except for a small land border with Gibraltar; to the north and northeast by France, Andorra and the Bay of Biscay; and to the west and northwest by Portugal and the Atlantic Ocean. With an area of 505,990 km2, Spain is the largest country in Southern Europe, the second largest country in Western Europe and the European Union (EU) and the fourth largest country on the entire European continent. It is also the sixth most populous country in Europe and the fourth in the EU. The capital and largest city is Madrid; other large urban areas include Barcelona, Valencia, Seville, Malaga, Bilbao and Granada.