Peninsular Spain

Peninsular Spain refers to the part of the territory of Spain located within the Iberian Peninsula,[1] thus excluding other parts of Spain: the Canary Islands, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta, Melilla, and a number of islets and crags off the coast of Morocco known collectively as plazas de soberanía (places of sovereignty). In Spain it is mostly known simply as la Península. It has land frontiers with France and Andorra to the north; Portugal to the west; and the British overseas territory of Gibraltar to the south.

Map of peninsular Spain

Characteristics

Peninsular Spain has an area of 492,175 km2[2] and a population of 43,731,572.[3] It contains 15 of the autonomous communities of Spain.

Occupying the central part of Spain, it possesses much greater resources and better interior and exterior communications than other parts of the country. To redress this imbalance, Spanish residents outside the peninsula receive a state subsidy for transport to and from the peninsula.[4]

These are the municipalities with the highest population:

  1. Madrid 3,207,247
  2. Barcelona 1,611,822
  3. Valencia 792,303
  4. Seville 700,169
  5. Zaragoza 682,004
  6. Málaga 568,479
  7. Murcia 438,246
  8. Bilbao 349,356
  9. Alicante 335,052
  10. Córdoba 328,704

See also

References
  1. List of publications, Google
  2. INE (National Statistical Institute) Annual Statistical Report 2006, Part 1: physical and environmental context
  3. INE, 1 January 2013
  4. El PP "garantiza" la subvención al transporte extrapeninsular pero tumba el blindaje de las ayudas, RTVE, 19 February 2013
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