Territorial organisation and geography

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Correct answer: En Extremadura.

Cáceres and Badajoz are the two provinces of Extremadura, in the west of the country on the border with Portugal. The region's capital, though, is a third city, Mérida (question 3024).

ExtremaduraWikipedia Photo: Mutxamel, subido por Rastrojo (D•ES) · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Correct answer: Valencia.

The capital of the Valencian Community is the city of Valencia. Alicante and Castellón are the capitals of the region's other two provinces.

ValenciaWikipedia Photo: Nicolas Vollmer from Munich [Allemagne] · CC BY 2.0

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Correct answer: En el mar Mediterráneo.

The Balearic Islands (Mallorca, Menorca, Ibiza, Formentera) are in the Mediterranean. The Canary Islands are in the Atlantic, and the Cantabrian Sea lies along the north coast of the peninsula.

Balearic IslandsWikipedia Photo: TUBS · CC BY-SA 3.0

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Correct answer: Meseta.

The Meseta is a high plateau in the centre of the peninsula, over 600 m above sea level on average. The Sistema Central mountain range crosses it and splits it into a northern and a southern half.

MesetaWikipedia Photo: Justraveling.com · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Correct answer: Aragón.

The Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park is in the Aragonese Pyrenees, in the province of Huesca. It is one of Spain's oldest parks, created in 1918.

Ordesa y Monte Perdido National ParkWikipedia Photo: The original uploader was Jsanchezes at Spanish Wikipedia. · CC BY-SA 3.0

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Correct answer: En Castilla-La Mancha.

Guadalajara and Cuenca belong to Castilla-La Mancha, together with Toledo, Ciudad Real and Albacete. Castile and León is a different community, further north.

Castilla–La ManchaWikipedia Photo: Mutxamel, subido por Rastrojo (D•ES) · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Correct answer: Galicia.

Santiago de Compostela is the capital of Galicia and the end of the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage. Asturias and Cantabria border Galicia but have their own capitals: Oviedo and Santander.

Cathedral of Santiago de CompostelaWikipedia Photo: Fernando · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Correct answer: En Andalucía.

Almería is Andalusia's easternmost province, on the Mediterranean. It is home to the Tabernas desert, where westerns were filmed.

Almería ProvinceWikipedia Photo: TUBS · CC BY-SA 3.0

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Correct answer: Santiago de Compostela.

The capital of Galicia is Santiago de Compostela, even though the region's largest cities are Vigo and A Coruña. That is the trap in this question.

Cathedral of Santiago de CompostelaWikipedia Photo: Fernando · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Correct answer: El Júcar.

The Júcar flows into the Mediterranean at Cullera, near Valencia. The Tagus and the Douro flow west and reach the Atlantic through Portugal.

JúcarWikipedia Photo: DescriptionJúcar.png This map was created from OpenStreetMap project data, colle · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Correct answer: En los Pirineos.

Aneto is the highest peak in the Pyrenees, 3,404 m, in Aragon. According to the manual it is Spain's third-highest mountain after Teide and Mulhacén.

AnetoWikipedia Photo: CC BY-SA 3.0

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Correct answer: País Vasco.

Vitoria-Gasteiz is the administrative centre of the Basque Country: its parliament and government sit there. The capitals of Navarre and La Rioja are Pamplona and Logroño.

Vitoria-GasteizWikipedia Photo: Mikel Arrazola · CC BY 3.0 es

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Correct answer: comunidades y ciudades autónomas.

Spain is divided into 17 autonomous communities and 2 autonomous cities, Ceuta and Melilla. Departments exist in France, and districts in other countries.

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Correct answer: Cataluña.

Aigüestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici is Catalonia's only national park, in the Pyrenees, in the province of Lleida.

Aigüestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici National ParkWikipedia Photo: Diliff · CC BY-SA 3.0

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Correct answer: Melilla.

On the north coast of Africa there are two Spanish autonomous cities: Ceuta and Melilla. Almería and Cádiz are on the peninsula, in Andalusia.

MelillaWikipedia Photo: Miguel González Novo from Melilla, España · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Correct answer: Madrid.

The centre of the peninsula has a continental climate: cold winters and very hot summers. Madrid is the classic example. The Canaries are warm all year round, and Valencia has a mild Mediterranean climate.

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Correct answer: El Guadalquivir.

The Guadalquivir flows through Córdoba and Seville and reaches the Atlantic at Sanlúcar de Barrameda. The Manzanares is Madrid's river and never reaches the sea, and the Júcar flows into the Mediterranean.

GuadalquivirWikipedia Photo: DescriptionGuadalquivir.png This map was created from OpenStreetMap project data · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Correct answer: Burgos.

Burgos is in Castile and León, Spain's largest community by area, with nine provinces. Huesca belongs to Aragon and Guadalajara to Castilla-La Mancha.

Burgos CathedralWikipedia Photo: José Ligero Loarte · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Correct answer: Aragón.

Huesca is a province and city in Aragon, in the north by the Pyrenees. Aragon's other two provinces are Zaragoza and Teruel.

Huesca ProvinceWikipedia Photo: TUBS · CC BY-SA 3.0

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Correct answer: subtropical.

The Canaries have a subtropical climate: warm all year, around 22 °C on average, with little rain. That is why they are called the islands of eternal spring.

TeideWikipedia Photo: Jens Steckert · CC BY-SA 3.0

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Correct answer: Ebro.

The Ebro is the main river flowing into the Mediterranean and the one carrying the most water in Spain. The Douro and the Tagus flow into the Atlantic.

EbroWikipedia Photo: David Abián · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Correct answer: montañosos.

Spain is one of the most mountainous countries in Europe, with an average altitude of about 650 m. It is hardly one of the rainiest or coldest: it gets over 3,000 hours of sunshine a year.

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Correct answer: En Cáceres.

Monfragüe is in the province of Cáceres, in Extremadura. The park is famous for its birds: vultures and black storks nest there.

Monfragüe National ParkWikipedia Photo: Beatriz Otero Rivera · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Correct answer: Mérida.

The capital of Extremadura is Mérida, not Cáceres or Badajoz, even though those are the provincial capitals. Mérida was the Roman city of Emerita Augusta, and many monuments from that time survive.

Roman Theatre of Emerita AugustaWikipedia Photo: Fernando · CC BY-SA 4.0