1. MYSTERY OF EDUCATION
SCHOOL:
I.P.T.FERNANDO OF LESSEPES
MEMBERS: MARÍA ALVARES
LINETH DOMINQUES
MARLENYS HERNÁNDEZ
EILIN MOSQUERA
ANATALIA PITA
YANURIS TEJADA
TOPIC:
COUNTRY OF SPAIN
LIVEL:10 L
MATTER: INGLES
TEACHER: MERCEDES JAÉN
2. A SOVEREIGN COUNTRY, A MEMBER OF THE
EUROPEAN UNION, ESTABLISHED IN SOCIAL
AND DEMOCRATIC STATE OF LAW WHOSE
FORM OF GOVERNMENT IS A
PARLIAMENTARY MONARCHY.
ITS TERRITORY IS DIVIDED INTO 17 REGION
AND FIVE CITIES AUTONOMAS. ALEMANIA ,
CHINA, ARGENTINA, UNITED STATES, SPAIN
ITS CAPITAL IS THE CITY OF MADRID.
3. MAP
SPAIN (OFFICIAL NAME: "KINGDOM OF SPAIN") IS A TRANSCONTINENTAL
STATE LOCATED IN SOUTH-WESTERN EUROPE AND NORTH AFRICA. BESIDES
OCCUPYING MOST OF THE IBERIAN PENINSULA, SPAIN IS FORMED BY TWO
ISLANDS (THE CANARY ISLANDS IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN AND THE
BALEARIC ISLANDS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN IS ) AND TWO AUTONOMOUS
CITIES (CEUTA AND MELILLA) IN THE NORTH AFRICA, BESIDES SEVERAL
SMALLER ISLANDS IN THIS AREA AND OTHERS NEAR THE PENINSULA, AS
THE PENON OF VELEZ OF THE GOMERA, PEÑÓN OF ALHUCEMAS, THE
CHAFARINAS ISLANDS AND THE ISLAND OF PEREJIL. SPAIN IS BORDERED ON
THE WEST BY THE ATLANTIC OCEAN AND PORTUGAL, ON THE NORTH BY THE
CANTABRIAN SEA, NORTHEAST FRANCE AND ANDORRA, ACROSS THE
PYRENEES MOUNTAIN RANGE ON THE EAST BY THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA
AND THE SOUTH BY THE UNITED KINGDOM AS A BORDER WITH GIBRALTAR,
AND MOROCCO, ON THE BORDERS OF CEUTA AND MELILLA ON THE AFRICAN
CONTINENT
4. FLAG
THE FLAG OF SPAIN, KNOWN AS THE ROJIGUALDA, WAS
ADOPTED WITH ALL ITS ELEMENTS PRESENT THE OCTOBER
5, 1981 WITH THE ADOPTION OF THE LAW ESTABLISHING
THE LATEST NATIONAL EMBLEM. PREVIOUSLY, THE
CONSTITUTION OF DECEMBER 27, 1978 SPECIFIED IN
ARTICLE 4.1: "THE FLAG OF SPAIN CONSISTS OF THREE
HORIZONTAL STRIPES: RED, YELLOW AND RED, THE
YELLOW STRIPE BEING TWICE AS WIDE AS EACH RED". THIS
IS THE SAME DESIGN THAT WAS ADOPTED AS THE
NATIONAL FLAG OF SPAIN IN 1785, AND THAT, EXCEPT FOR
THE DESIGN ADOPTED BETWEEN 1931 AND 1939 IN THE
SECOND REPUBLIC, ONLY HAS CHANGED THE MODEL OF
SHIELD.
5. LANGUAGES
IN SPAIN THEY SPEAK SEVERAL LANGUAGES. THE
CASTILIAN OR SPANISH, THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, IS THE PREDOMINANT
LANGUAGE IN ALMOST ALL REGIONS OF SPAIN. SIX
OF THE SEVENTEEN AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITIES OF
SPAIN HAVE ALSO, TOGETHER WITH CASTILIAN,
OTHERS AS CO-OFFICIAL LANGUAGES. BILINGUALISM
IN VARYING DEGREES AND IN DIFFERENT
COMMUNICATIVE SITUATIONS BETWEEN THE
CASTILIAN AND OTHER LANGUAGE IS A COMMON
PRACTICE BY MANY OF THE SPANISH WHO RESIDE IN
ONE OF THESE REGIONS.
6. INDEPENDENCE DAY
INDEPENDENCE FROM SPAIN WAS MADE IS MAY 2.
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE OF THE FIRST
FRENCH EMPIRE IN 1808. CONSUMMATED ON
APRIL 17, 1814.WITHOUT WARS, WITHOUT A
SINGLE COMBAT, WITHOUT FIRING A SHOT,
WITHOUT HEROES OR DEAD. THE SEPARATION OF
SPAIN WAS MAINLY DUE TO EXTERNAL CAUSES
WERE SKILLFULLY MANIPULATED BY THE
INTERESTS CREOLES.
7. CELEBRITY
DAVID BISBAL FERRE (ALMERIA, JUNE 5, 1979) 1 IS
A SPANISH SINGER WHO ROSE TO POPULARITY
AFTER PARTICIPATING IN THE FIRST EDITION OF
THE REALITY TV CONTEST OPERACIÓN TRIUNFO,
ISSUED BY SPANISH TELEVISION, WHERE HE
FINISHED SECOND. HE WAS RECENTLY SWORN
VOICE PROGRAM IN ITS VERSION IN SPAIN.
TOTAL SALES REACHED MORE THAN 5 MILLION
COPIES WORLDWIDE, INCLUDING 2 IN SPAIN HAS:
FORTY EIGHT DISCS PLATINUM 3.49 MILLION
COPIES CERTIFIED (DISTRIBUTED IN: THIRTY-ONE
PLATINUM OF 2.88 MILLION ALBUMS, 460 000
PLATINUM ELEVEN SONGS, AND SIX PLATINUM OF
150 000 DVD BLU-RAY CERTIFICATES) .