Spain Information

With Sergio Garcia winning the Players Championship, it is time to learn more about the great country of Spain. Some key facts are below, plus two news stories.

clipped from topics.nytimes.com Official Name: Kingdom of Spain Capital: Madrid (Current local time) Government Type: Parliamentary monarchy Chief of State: King JUAN CARLOS I; Jose Luis RODRIGUEZ ZAPATERO, President of the Government Population: 40,448,191 Area: 194,884 sq. mi., including the Balearic and Canary Islands; about the size of Arizona and Utah combined. Languages: Spanish, Catalan-Valenciana, Galician, Basque. Literacy: Total population: 97.9%; Male: 98.7%; Female: 97.2% GDP Per Capita: $27,400 Web site: http://www.la-moncloa.es/ Spanish Voters Go to Polls in Fierce Rematch By ELAINE SCIOLINO and VICTORIA BURNETT Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero on the left and Mariano Rajoy on the right will battle in Spain’s general election on Sunday. March 9, 2008 New Museum in Madrid COMPILED BY LAWRENCE VAN GELDER A new museum of contemporary art, the CaixaForum, has opened in Madrid. Artists represented in its opening show include Cindy Sherman, Anselm Kiefer and Georg Baselitz. March 7, 2008