SPAIN SPAIN REGION EUROPE NATURAL RESOURCES INDUSTRY AGRICULTURE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION GLOBAL RELATIONS DATE OF INDEPENDENCE 1492 DATE OF CURRENT CONSTITUTION DECEMBER 29 1978 POPULATION 391367744 1999 EST AREA 194898 SQ MI CAPITAL MADRID FORM OF GOVERNMENT PARLIAMENTARY MONARCHY MAIN INDUSTRIES MACHINERY METALS TEXTILES SHOES VEHICLES PROCESSED FOODS TOURISM ELECTRONICS AGRICULTURE GRAINS OLIVES GRAPES CITRUS FRUITS VEGETABLES SUNFLOWERS NATURAL RESOURCES COAL LIGNITE IRON ORE URANIUM MERCURY PYRITES FLUORSPAR GYPSUM ZINC LEAD TUNGSTEN COPPER KAOLIN HYDROELECTRIC POWER CURRENCY PESETA GDP 645.6 BILLION 1998 EST GDP PER CAPITA 16500 1998 EST LANGUAGES CASTILIAN SPANISH OFFICIAL CATALAN GALICIAN BASQUE RELIGIONS ROMAN CATHOLIC LITERACY RATE 96 LIFE EXPECTANCY 74 YEARS MALE 82 YEARS FEMALE BIRTHRATE 10 BIRTHS PER 1000 POPULATION DEATH RATE 10 DEATHS PER 1000 POPULATION
