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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.
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/
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
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
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As the three stories show below, Spanish is becoming the language to learn in the US.
By BILL CARTER Executives involved in the deal said that Televisa had agreed to include multiple hours of Telemundo programs on one of its Mexico-based broadcast television stations. March 17, 2008
By NICOLE COTRONEO Long Island’s Hispanic population has tripled to about 350,000 since 1980, according to 2006 census data, and one radio station is trying to secure the audience. March 2, 2008
By HILLARY CHURA An increasing number of American parents want their children to be bilingual if not multilingual. February 2, 2008
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