Spain is different

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Spain is different Ingrid Zupnikova
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What is Spain famous for?
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Index

• History
• Geography
• Population
• Economy
• Spanish stereotypes
• Some interesting things
• Summary
• Conclusion

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1. History

• a)The Celt-Iberian Spain/Phoenicians, Greeks and
  Carthaginians/ Romans and Goths
• b)Moorish Epoch and Reconquista
• c)The Catholic Monarchs/Habsburg and Borbon Kings
• d)20th Century

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• a)
• The Celt-Iberian Spain - the Iberians should have
  arrived to the peninsula at the time of the
  Neolithic (5000 - 3000 BC)
• Phoenicians, Greeks and Carthaginians (By 1100
  b.C. Phoenicians arrived to the peninsula and
  founded colonies, the most important of which is
  Cadiz, Malaga, Almeria)
• Romans also invaded the colonies in Spain, and
  ended up conquering the entire peninsula. The
  province Hispania became part and parcel of Roman
  empire and acquired great importance

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• b)
• 711 Muslim armies crossed the Straight of
  Gibraltar and defeated Roderic, the last Visigoth
  king. Specially the southern parts of Spain,
  called al-Andalus
• The Moors conquered major
• parts of the country until they
• were defeated at Covadonga in northern Spain, 722
• 1469 was the turning year of the Reconquista.
  From now on Muslims rapidly lost territory, until
  they were definitely expelled when they lost
  their last remaining caliphate, Granada, in 1492

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• c)
• The Catholic Monarchs Spanish Inquisition
• Golden Age after discovery of America
• Habsburg and Borbon Kings with death of the
  last Habsburg King Charles II. (without
  descendant), the nephew of French King Louis
  XIV., Philip of Borbon, successed to the throne
• Ferdinand VII changed the law of succession to
  the throne and his daughter Isabel was
  established as queen

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• d)
• Increasing conflicts between the Republican
  government and the Nationalist opposition led to
  the Spanish Civil War (1936-39)
• Although Franco kept Spain neutral during WW2,
  his military dictature led to political and
  economical isolation
• Franco died in 1975, and a constitutional
  monarchy was established
• Spain became member of the NATO in 1985 and
  entered the European Community in 1986. In 1992
  Barcelona hosted the Olympic Games, Seville the
  world exposition EXPO'92, and Madrid was declared
  European Cultural Capital

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2. Geography

• Spain measures 505,992 square kilometers, making
  it the 51st biggest country in the world and the
  third biggest in Europe
• Is one of the most mountainous countries in
  Europe. Three quarters of the country is over
  500m above sea level
• Spain is split into 17 autonomous communities
• Is the first-level political division of the
  Kingdom of Spain, established in accordance with
  the current Spanish Constitution (1978)

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3. Population

• 47 million people, 28th most populated country in
  the world and the sixth most populated country in
  Europe
• Constitutional monarchy. The constitution in
  Spain was approved in 1978 by the people in a
  referendum. Juan Carlos I the king of Spain.
• General assembly / Assembly of senators /Judicial
  branch
• Class system headed by the Royal family, followed
  by the titled aristocracy and different levels of
  society with the wealthy, the middle classes and
  the working classes
• Spanish is the only official language of Spain

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• a) religion
• Catholics
• A few thousand Jews, mostly Sephardic
• Waves of immigration have led to an increasing
  number of Muslims
• Religions in Spain Catholicism ?
• 70.1 Non-religious ?
• 25 No answer ?
• 2.2 Others ?
• 2.7 Religious affiliation in Spain in 2011,
  according to Centro de Investigaciones
  Sociológicas

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• b) education
• About 70 of Spain's student population attends
  public schools or universities
• the great majority of privates school and
  universities are operated by the Catholic Church
• Primary school - for ages 6-14
• Secondary school general high school diploma or
  a school of professional education
• Spanish university system - law, sciences,
  humanities, and medicine, engineering and
  architecture

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• c) Conflicts / Terrorism
• Catalan separatism or independentism 
• Catalan independence referendums 

Year Support () Against () Indifferent () Do not reply ()
2005 36 44 15 6
2006 33 48 17 2
2007 31.7 51.3 14.1 2.9
2011 41.4 22.9 26.5 9.2
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• c) Conflicts / Terrorism
• Basque nationalism
• ETA Euskadi Ta Askatasuna,
• founded in 1959
• to promote
• Basque independence
• ETAs motto is Bietan jarrai
• (Keep up on both)
• Basque Homeland and Freedom
• Responsable for more than 800 lifes
• On 20 October 2011 announce
• a definitive cessation of its armed

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• d) unemployment
• Unemployment has jumped to 24.4 percent in the
  first quarter of 2012 from 22.9 percent in the
  fourth quarter of 2011
• You must work before you are entitled to claim
  benefits
• When you loose your job
• Life time" contract
• Semi permenant "fijo discontinuido"
• Final de obra"
• The minimum you must have worked to claim "ayuda"
  is 6 months

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• e) inmigration
• 5,598,691 foreign residents in Spain in January
  2010
• The second highest immigration rates within the
  EU, just after Cyprus, and the second highest
  absolute net migration in the World (after the
  USA)
• 6.4 million foreign-born residents in Spain,
  corresponding to 14.0 of the total population.
  Of these, 4.1 million (8.9) were born outside
  the EU and 2.3 million (5.1) were born in
  another EU Member State

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4. Economy

• GDP (2011) 1.068 trillion / Per capita 22,635
• GDP annual growth rate (2011) 0.7
• Natural resources Coal, lignite, iron ore,
  uranium, mercury, pyrites
• Agriculture and fisheries (2.3 of GDP, 2011)
• Industry (11.7 of GDP, 2011)
• Services (2011) 66.91 of GDP
• Export - grains, vegetables, citrus and deciduous
  fruits, wine, olives and olive oil
• Import - petroleum, oilseeds, aircraft, grains,
  chemicals, machinery, transportation equipment,
  fish

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5. Spanish stereotypes

• The Spanish are lazy and love to sleep the siesta
• Spain is the land of sunshine and beaches
• Spain is the land of bullfights
• Spain is the land of flamenco
• All Spanish people have dark hair, dark eyes, and
  dark skin
• Spain is the land of paella and sangria
• Spain is the land of fiestas
• The Spanish love their ham

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6. Some interesting things

• Spain makes 44 of the world's olive oil
• Tapas is not a type of food but a way of eating
  it
• In theory, nudity is legal anywhere in Spain
• Same-sex marriage is legal in Spain
• The Spanish (in particular, the people of Cadiz)
  claim to have invented fried fish
• The original paella was not considered a seafood
  dish but had chicken, rabbit and pork (and
  sometimes snails)

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7.Conclusion

• Spain has really rich history
• Is split into 17 autonomous communities/autonoumus
  cities Ceuta and Melilla
• Is the sixt most populated country in Europe
• Is constitutional monarchy
• Spaniards are catholics and speaks Spanish (In
  Pais Vasco, Galicia and Catalunya they use the
  second language)
• Catalan separatism / Basque nationalism
• Spain has one of the largest enocomies in the
  world
• And has more than 5 mil. foreign residents

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• Thank you for your attention
• Gracias por su atención

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• Questions ?