Colegio Nuestra Señora de Monte-Sión

School website: www.montesion.es
Project website: wings.montesion.es

BASIC FACTS ABOUT SPAIN
OFFICIAL NAME: The Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España)
EU ADMISSION DATE: 1986
GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION: Iberian Peninsula (South-Western Europe)
NEIGHBOURS: Portugal, Gibraltar, France, Andorra, Morocco
AREA: 504.645 km2
POPULATION: ca. 46 million
ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION: 19 communities (comunidades autonomas)
CAPITAL: Madrid
CHIEF CITIES: Barcelona, Sevilla, Valencia, San Sebastian, La Coruña, etc.
OFFICIAL LANGUAGES: Spanish (Castellano) and Galician, Catalan, Basque
THE HIGHEST PEAK: Pico de Teide (3.718 m)
LONGEST RIVERS: Ebro, Tagus
CURRENCY: Euro (€)
MAIN RELIGION: Roman Catholic
FAMOUS PEOPLE: Miguel Cervantes, Pablo Picasso, Federico Garcia Lorca, Francisco Goya, Juan Carlos de Burbon, Iker Casillas, Fernando Torres, Vicente del Bosque, etc.

BASIC FACTS ABOUT VALENCIAN COMMUNITY
OFFICIAL NAME: Valencian Community (Comunitat Valenciana / Comunidad Valenciana)
STATUTE OF AUTONOMY: 1982
GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION: eastern part of Iberian Peninsula
AREA: 23,255 km2
POPULATION: ca. 5 million
ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION: 3 provinces and 34 comarques
CAPITAL: Valencia
CHIEF CITIES: Alicante, Elche, Castellon de la Plana, Torrevieja, etc.
OFFICIAL LANGUAGES: Valencian and Spanish
THE HIGHEST PEAK: Calderon (1.839 m)
LONGEST RIVERS: Segura, Jucar
FAMOUS PEOPLE: Nino Bravo, Pope Callixtus III, Pope Alexander VI, Jose Francisco Molina, Jose Martinez Ruiz (known as Azorin), David Ferrer, etc.