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Madrid - the greatest is administrative-political, bank_v-sky, the trading and transport centre of the country. To the Second World War in it there were no big industrial enterprises and its role in the country industry was insignificant. Now after the sizes promi-slovogo it concedes manufactures only to Barcelona. Food, easy, polygraphic areas were added with the big enterprises of motor industry, electrical engineers and the general mashinobuduvan-nja.

Differences between separate parts of Spain is better to consider behind its three big regions: Northern, Internal and Sered-zemnomorskim.

Northern Spain covers coastal plains along coast of bay of Biscay and Atlantic ocean. Mountains Kantabr_jsk_ separate it from internal areas. It includes historical areas Ґалісію, Asturias, Басконію and Наварру. Natural disconnexion became the reason ethnic отделенности and modern autonomy Баскон і ї and Ґаліс і ї.

Along last third XX item naj-vazhliv_shim tourism became sector of the Spanish economy. The annual quantity of foreign tourists has already exceeded 50 million (in 1960 - 6 million). In the country the created modern tourist infrastructure. Tourism developments assisted, on the one hand, rich natural and cultural base, and from another - occurrence in the advanced West European countries of mass solvent demand for this type of service. The lowest prices for the goods and services have played the role and something.

The area remains backward sector of the Spanish economy. It still malopro-duktivna and mainly extensive. For its needs 2/5 territories (arable lands and the earths under constant plantings), and 1/3 occupied with onions and pastures are processed. The important role the artificial irrigation (3,7 million in hectares - the first place in the Western Europe) will play. To practise it have begun still in days of Ancient to Rome and, especially, during domination of Arabs. More all in Середземноморській Spain (pools year of Ebro and Guadalquivir) and is much less than irrigated earths - in pools year which cross Месету - Дуеро, Tagus, Guadiana.

Stano-twist a basis of power of Spain import oil. Нафтопереробка in seaports, its annual capacity of hundred-novit over 60 million т crude oil, as a rule, is carried out. Own coal mining (stone and brown) provides only 1/5 power needs, is frequent small HYDROELECTRIC POWER STATIONS and the several atomic power stations are equaled approximately 1/6.

Tribes іберів, a question are considered as the most ancient known ancestors of modern Spaniards

About which origin remains unresolved and till now. With ІІ the item to AD and to V item AD they were in the power Ancient to Rome and were романизированы. Arabs and берберы, which in 711-718 pp had considerable influence on formation of the Spanish ethnos also. Have won all peninsula P_renejsky and which the local population named moors. The modern Spanish ethnos has developed during Реконкисты - отвоевание the earths at Arabs which has ended only in 1492

Spain - the country on Піренейському (_ber_j-skomu) peninsula. Behind territory and the population it belongs to the greatest countries of Europe. In XV-XVІ the item Spain, as well as Portugal, played a paramount role in the Big geographical opening and colonial conquests.

The area - 505 thousand км2. The population - 39,2 million persons. Capital - Madrid. A state system - a parliamentary monarchy.

Opening X. Columbus Ameriki (1492) and F.Magel-Lana's round-the-world travel (1519-1521 pp.) had the consequence of creation of one of the greatest in world history of empire. Except colonies in New to the World to its structure Philippines, separate territories in Africa, and in due course and considerable possession in Europe entered. Nevertheless already in the end of XVІ the item decline of feudal Spain has begun. Gradually it has lost all possession and has turned on the backward, poor and weak country which only in second half XX item became on a way of industrial development.