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    Spain is located in Southern Europe. Below you can see where Spain sits on the map, its national outline, and an interactive map you can pan and zoom, centered on the capital, Madrid.

    Where Spain is located
    Outline of Spain
    Political map of Spain and neighboring countries
    Political map: Spain and its neighbors
    Reference map of Spain (CIA World Factbook)
    Reference map of Spain (CIA World Factbook)By Wikimedia Commons contributors · Public domain · Source (Wikimedia Commons)
    Relief map of Spain — physical geography
    Relief map of Spain — physical geographyBy derivative work Виктор_В · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source (Wikimedia Commons)
    Location map of Spain
    Location map of SpainBy NordNordWest · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source (Wikimedia Commons)
    Spain on the globe
    Spain on the globeBy Spain_(orthographic_projection).png: Neoespaña (talk) derivative work: L'Américain (talk) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source (Wikimedia Commons)
    Map of the administrative divisions of Spain
    First-level administrative divisions of Spain

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    Administrative divisions of Spain

    Spain is divided into 52 autonomous communities.

    Show all 52 autonomous communities
    • Álava
    • Albacete
    • Alicante
    • Almería
    • Asturias
    • Ávila
    • Badajoz
    • Baleares
    • Barcelona
    • Bizkaia
    • Burgos
    • Cáceres
    • Cádiz
    • Cantabria
    • Castellón
    • Ceuta
    • Ciudad Real
    • Córdoba
    • Cuenca
    • Gerona
    • Gipuzkoa
    • Granada
    • Guadalajara
    • Huelva
    • Huesca
    • Jaén
    • La Coruña
    • La Rioja
    • Las Palmas
    • León
    • Lérida
    • Lugo
    • Madrid
    • Málaga
    • Melilla
    • Murcia
    • Navarra
    • Orense
    • Palencia
    • Pontevedra
    • Salamanca
    • Santa Cruz de Tenerife
    • Segovia
    • Sevilla
    • Soria
    • Tarragona
    • Teruel
    • Toledo
    • Valencia
    • Valladolid
    • Zamora
    • Zaragoza

    Administrative boundaries and names from Natural Earth (public domain); they may lag recent reorganizations.

    Where is Spain?

    Spain lies in Southern Europe. Its geographic centre is at about 40.46° N, 3.75° W, and the capital, Madrid, is at 40.42° N, 3.70° W.

    With 505,970 km², it is the 4th-largest of the 47 countries in Europe — about 2.1 times the size of the United Kingdom.

    Spain lies entirely in the Northern Hemisphere.

    Neighbouring countries: Portugal, France, Andorra, Morocco, United Kingdom.

    Geography of Spain

    Continent
    Europe
    Region
    Southern Europe
    Area
    505,970 km²
    Geographic centre
    40.46° N, 3.75° W
    Capital (Madrid)
    40.42° N, 3.70° W
    Size rank in Europe
    4 of 47
    Highest point
    Teide (3,718 m)
    Land borders
    5

    Bordering countries: Portugal, France, Andorra, Morocco, United Kingdom (Gibraltar).