关于西班牙的介绍
officiallytheKingdomofSpain(Spanish:ReinodeEspaña),isamemberstateoftheEuropeanUnionlocatedinsouthwesternEuropeontheIberianPeninsula.[note6]ItsmainlandisborderedtothesouthandeastbytheMediterraneanSeaexceptforasmalllandboundarywiththeBritishOverseasTerritoryofGibraltar;tothenorthbyFrance,Andorra,andtheBayofBiscay;andtothenorthwestandwestbytheAtlanticOceanandPortugal.
SpanishterritoryalsoincludestheBalearicIslandsintheMediterranean,theCanaryIslandsintheAtlanticOceanofftheAfricancoast,andtwoautonomouscitiesinNorthAfrica,CeutaandMelilla,thatborderMorocco.Withanareaof504,030km²,SpainisthesecondlargestcountryinWesternEuropeandtheEuropeanUnionafterFrance.SinceJanuary1,2010,SpainhasheldthePresidencyoftheCounciloftheEuropeanUnion.
Becauseofitslocation,theterritoryofSpainwassubjecttomanyexternalinfluences,oftensimultaneously,sinceprehistorictimesandthroughthedawnofSpainasacountry.Conversely,thecountryitselfhasbeenanimportantsourceofinfluencetootherregions,chieflyduringtheModernEra,whenitbecameaglobalempirethathasleftalegacyofover400millionSpanishspeakerstoday,makingittheworld'ssecondmostspokenfirstlanguage.
Spainisademocracyorganisedintheformofaparliamentarygovernmentunderaconstitutionalmonarchy.ItisadevelopedcountrywiththeninthortenthlargesteconomyintheworldbynominalGDP,andveryhighlivingstandards(15thhighestHumanDevelopmentIndex),includingtheseventeenth-highestqualityoflifeindexratingintheworld.[citationneeded]ItisamemberoftheUnitedNations,EuropeanUnion,NATO,OECD,andWTO.