España

Official Name: Reino de España
Capitals: Madrid
Population: 47,526,000 (2021 est.)
Size: 30th largest country in the world (505,990 km2)
• Spain was originally known as the “Land of Rabbits” – Ispania
• Spanish is the world’s second most commonly spoken language
• Spain has 5 official languages—Catalan, Basque, Galician and Aranese and Spanish
• Madrid has the oldest restaurant in the world—1725
• Spain doesn’t have a “tooth fairy” but does have a “tooth mouse”
• The first modern novel was written in Spain by Miguel de Cervantes—El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha
• The flag’s red represents the bloodshed by the Spanish people and the yellow represents the sun, the flag’s emblem is made up of a combination of six Coats of Arms.