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__//**KINGDOM OF SPAIN**//__

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//**CULTURE**// Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Spain http://www.countryreports.org/country/Spain.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sport_in_Spain http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain

//SURFACE CULTURE//

>>> Melilla: >>> >>> Canary Islands: >>>
 * Food:
 * Mediterranean Region
 * Heavy use of seafood, like fried fish and some rice-based dishes
 * Inner Region
 * Soups, stews, and salted meats (like ham)
 * Atlantic Spain
 * More stews, except this time with fish and vegetables
 * Flags:
 * National flag:[[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/125px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png]]
 * Autonimal flags:
 * Galicia:[[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Flag_of_Galicia.svg/150px-Flag_of_Galicia.svg.png caption="Flag of Galicia"]]
 * Asturias:[[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_Asturias.svg/150px-Flag_of_Asturias.svg.png caption="Flag of Asturias"]]
 * Cantabria:[[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Cantabria_%28Official%29.svg/150px-Flag_of_Cantabria_%28Official%29.svg.png caption="Flag of Cantabria (Official).svg"]]
 * Pais Vasco:[[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Flag_of_the_Basque_Country.svg/150px-Flag_of_the_Basque_Country.svg.png caption="Flag of Basque Country"]]
 * Navarre:[[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Flag_Of_Navarre.svg/150px-Flag_Of_Navarre.svg.png caption="Flag of Navarra"]]
 * La Rioja:[[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Flag_of_La_Rioja_%28with_coat_of_arms%29.svg/150px-Flag_of_La_Rioja_%28with_coat_of_arms%29.svg.png caption="Flag of La Rioja"]]
 * Castile and León:[[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Flag_of_Castile_and_Le%C3%B3n.svg/130px-Flag_of_Castile_and_Le%C3%B3n.svg.png caption="Flag of Castile and León"]]
 * Aragon:[[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Flag_of_Aragon.svg/150px-Flag_of_Aragon.svg.png caption="Flag of Aragon"]]
 * Madrid:[[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_the_Community_of_Madrid.svg/150px-Flag_of_the_Community_of_Madrid.svg.png caption="Flag of the Community of Madrid"]]
 * Valencia:[[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Flag_of_the_Valencian_Community_%282x3%29.svg/170px-Flag_of_the_Valencian_Community_%282x3%29.svg.png caption="Flag of the País Valencià"]]
 * Balearic Islands:[[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Flag_of_the_Balearic_Islands.svg/150px-Flag_of_the_Balearic_Islands.svg.png caption="Flag of the Balearic Islands"]]
 * Castilla-La Mancha:[[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_Castile-La_Mancha.svg/150px-Flag_of_Castile-La_Mancha.svg.png caption="Flag of Castilla-La Mancha"]]
 * Extremadura:[[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Flag_of_Extremadura_%28with_coat_of_arms%29.svg/150px-Flag_of_Extremadura_%28with_coat_of_arms%29.svg.png caption="Flag of Extremadura"]]
 * Murcia:[[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Flag_of_the_Region_of_Murcia.svg/150px-Flag_of_the_Region_of_Murcia.svg.png caption="Flag of the Region of Murcia"]]
 * Andalusia:[[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_Andaluc%C3%ADa.svg/150px-Flag_of_Andaluc%C3%ADa.svg.png caption="Flag of Andalucía"]]
 * Ceuta:[[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Flag_Ceuta.svg/150px-Flag_Ceuta.svg.png caption="Flag of Ceuta"]]
 * Holidays:
 * National Holidays:
 * New Year's Day: January 1
 * Epiphany Day: January 6
 * Good Friday: March or April
 * Labour Day: May 1
 * Assumption Day: August 15
 * Fiesta Nacional de España: October 12
 * All Saints Day: November 1
 * Constitution Day: December 6
 * Immaculate Conception Day: December 8
 * Christmas Day: December 25
 * Autonomial Holidays (Autonomies that celebrate the holiday in parenthesis):
 * Andalusia Day: February 28 (Andalusia)
 * Balearic Islands Day: March 1 (Balearic Islands)
 * St. Joseph's Day: March 19 (Melilla; Castilla-La Mancha; Galicia; Balearic Islands; Madrid; Murcia; Navarre; Asturias; Valencia)
 * Maundy Thursday: March or April (All autonomies except: Catalonia; Valencia)
 * Easter Monday: March or April (Catalonia; Balearic Islands; Navarre; País Vasco; Valencia)
 * St. George's Day: April 23 (Aragon)
 * Castille and León Day: April 23 (Castille and León)
 * Fiesta of Madrid: May 2 (Madrid)
 * Galician Literature Day: May 17 (Galicia)
 * Day of the Canaries: May 30 (Canary Islands)
 * Day of the Region of Casilla-La Mancha: May 31 (Castilla-La Mancha)
 * Corpus Christi Day: May or June (Madrid)
 * Day of the Region of Murcia: June 9 (Murcia)
 * Day of La Rioja: June 9 (La Rioja)
 * St. John's Day: June 24 (Catalonia)
 * St. James's Day: July 25 (Galicia)
 * Day of Ceuta: September 2 (Ceuta)
 * Day of Asturias: September 8 (Asturias)
 * Day of Extremadura: September 8 (Extremadura)
 * National Day of Catalonia: September 11 (Catalonia)
 * Day of Cantabria: September 15 (Cantabria)
 * Day of the Valencian Community: October 9 (Valencia)
 * Basque Day: October 25 (País Vasco)
 * St. Stephen's Day: December 26 (Catalonia)
 * Feast of the Sacrifice: Variable Islamic Days (Ceuta; Melilla)
 * Languages:
 * National Language:
 * Spanish (officially known as Castilian)
 * Sub-National Languages with Autonomies That Speak It:
 * Basque: País Vasco; Navarre
 * Catalan: Catalonia; Balearic Islands
 * Valencian: Valencia
 * Galician: Galicia
 * Astur-Leonese: Asturias; Castile and León; Aragon
 * Riff Berber: Melilla
 * English: Spoken in most tourist areas
 * German: Spoken in most tourist areas
 * Religion:
 * Catholic: about 37 million
 * Protestant: about 1.2 million
 * Jehovah's Witness: 105,000
 * Mormon: 46,000
 * Muslim: 1.7 million
 * Hindu: 25,000
 * Jew: 62,000
 * Sports:
 * Largest sport: Soccer
 * The national La Liga BBVA is one of the most competitive leagues in the world.
 * Also includes diferent relegation leagues including the La Liga Adelante, the Segunda División B, the Tercera Division, and finally the regional leagues (or the Divisiones Regionales)
 * Among the teams include the clubs Real Madrid and Barcelona, who have won UEFA Champions League titles in 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1966, 1998, 2000, 2012, 2014 (10 times, a record) and in 1992, 2006, 2009, and 2011 (four times), respectively.
 * Atlético Madrid (in 1974 and 2014) and Valencia (in 2000 and 2001) have also been successful, being the runner-up twice each.
 * The top 1-6 (and 10) in the top 10 goal scorers of the UEFA Champions League are on a Spanish team (while numbers 3 and six were on the Spanish National Team).
 * Basketball
 * The basketball league based in Spain, called the Liga ACB, is one of the most competitive basketball leagues in the world.
 * Spain has produced top NBA players like the Gasol brothers (Marc and Pao), José Calderón, Ricky Rubio, and Serge Ibaka.
 * The Spanish National Team has won the FIBA World Championship (in 2006), six silver medals and tow gold metals at the EuroBasket, and received a silver metal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
 * Tennis
 * A Spanish player has won the Davis Cup five times and the Fed Cup five times.
 * Rafael Nadal, a Spainard, has won the French Open nine times, Wimbledon twice, the U.S. Open twice, the Australian Open once, and won the 2008 Beijing Gold Medal.
 * Manuel Santana has won a Grand Slam title four times.
 * Sergi Bruguera has won a Grand Slam title twice.
 * Andrés Gimeno has won a Grand Slam title in 1972.
 * Conchita Martinez has won the 1994 Wimbledon tournament.