| Name: |
Kingdom of Spain |
| Location : |
Western Europe |
| Time : |
IST (-) 41/2 hrs |
| Capital : |
Madrid |
| Language : |
Spanish, Catalan, Galician and Basque |
| Area : |
504,782 sq kms |
| Population : |
39,371,147 |
| National Day : |
12 Oct |
| Currency : |
1 Euro = 0.401433 INR |
Airline Name :
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Iberia (IB) |
International
Airports : |
Altet (Alicante) (ALC), del
Prat (Barcelona) (BCN), Barajas (Madrid) (MAD), Malaga (AGP),
Santiago de Compostela (SCQ), Seville (SVQ), Bilbao (BIO), Granada,
Las Palmas, , Palma de Mallorca, Santander, Tenerife-Norte |
| Holidays : |
January 01, 2008 (Tuesday) New Year's Day,
January 26, 2008 (Saturday) Indian Republic Day , March 20, 2008
(Thursday) Holy Thursday, March 21, 2008 (Friday) Good Friday,
April 14, 2008 (Monday) Ram Navami, May 01, 2008 (Thursday)
Labour Day, July 25, 2008 (Friday) Spanish Holiday, August 15,
2008 (Friday) Indian Independence Day, October 02, 2008
(Thursday) Mahatma Gandhi's Birthday, October 09, 2008
(Thursday) Dusshera, October 12, 2008 (Saturday) National Day,
October 28, 2008 (Tuesday) Diwali, December 06, 2008 (Saturday)
Constitution Day, December 25, 2008 (Thursday) Christmas. |
| Climate : |
Spains climate varies from
temperate in the north to dry and hot in the south. The best
months are from April to October, although mid-summer (July to
August) can be excessively hot throughout the country except the
coastal regions. Madrid is best in late spring or autumn. The
central plateau can be bitterly cold in winter. |
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