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| Spain | Valencia Area | Valencia District | Valencia City Centre | Albocacer, Castellon (Petrol Station) |
Location: Southwestern Europe, bordering the Bay of Biscay, Mediterranean Sea, North Atlantic Ocean, and Pyrenees Mountains, southwest of France
Geographic coordinates:40 00 N, 4 00 W
Area: total: 504,782 sq km
Water: 5,240 sq km
Note: there are 19 autonomous communities including Balearic Islands and Canary
Islands, and three small Spanish possessions off the coast of Morocco - Islas
Chafarinas, Penon de Alhucemas, and Penon de Velez de la Gomera
Land: 499,542 sq km
Land boundaries: total: 1,917.8 km
Border countries: Andorra 63.7 km, France 623 km, Gibraltar 1.2 km, Portugal
1,214 km, Morocco (Ceuta) 6.3 km, Morocco (Melilla) 9.6 km
Coastline:4,964 km
Maritime claims: contiguous zone: 24 NM
exclusive economic zone: 200 NM (applies only to the Atlantic Ocean)
territorial sea: 12 NM
Climate: Temperate; clear, hot summers in interior, more moderate and cloudy
along coast; cloudy, cold winters in interior, partly cloudy and cool along
coast
Terrain: large, flat to dissected plateau surrounded by rugged hills; Pyrenees
in north
Natural resources: coal, lignite, iron ore, uranium, mercury, pyrites, fluorspar,
gypsum, zinc, lead, tungsten, copper, kaolin, potash, hydropower, arable land
Land use: arable land: 28.6%
Permanent crops: 9.56%
Other: 61.84% (1998 est.)