Spain, officially the Kingdom of Spain is a sovereign state and a member state of the European Union. It is located on the Iberian Peninsula in southwestern Europe. Its mainland is bordered to the south and east by the Mediterranean Sea except for a small land boundary with Gibraltar; to the north and north east by France, Andorra, and the Bay of Biscay; and to the west and northwest by Portugal and the Atlantic Ocean.
The Spanish Constitution of 1978, in its second article, recognizes historic entities—nationalities (a carefully chosen word in order to avoid the more politically charged “nations”)—and regions, within the context of the Spanish nation. For some people, Spain’s identity consists more of an overlap of different regional identities than of a sole Spanish identity. Indeed, some of the regional identities may even conflict with the Spanish one. Distinct traditional regional identities within Spain include the Basques, Catalans, Galicians, Cantabrians and Castilians, among others.
It is this last feature of “shared identity” between the more local level or Autonomous Community and the Spanish level which makes the identity question in Spain complex and far from univocal.
(Source: wiki – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain)
Here is the list of 10 biggest cities in Spain:
10BILBAO (354.860 PEOPLE)
Bilbao is a municipality and city in Spain, the capital of the province of Biscay in the autonomous community of the Basque Country. With a population of 354.860 as of 2013, it is the largest city of its autonomous community and the tenth largest in Spain. With roughly 1 million inhabitants, Bilbao lies within one of the most populous metropolitan areas in northern Spain. The Bilbao metropolitan area includes the comarca of Greater Bilbao (875,552) making it the fifth-largest urban area in Spain.
09LAS PALMAS (383.308 PEOPLE)
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, ommonly known as Las Palmas and the most populous city in the Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands, and the ninth largest city in Spain, with a population of 383.308 in 2010. Nearly half (45.9%) of the people of the island and 18.35% of all inhabitants of the Canary Islands live in this city. It is also the fifth most populous urban area in Spain with a population exceeding 700,000 and (depending on sources) ninth or tenth most populous metropolitan area in Spain with a population of between 625,000 and 750,000. Las Palmas is the largest city of the European Union lying outside the European Continent. It is located in the northeast part of the Spanish island of Gran Canaria, about 150 kilometres (93 miles) off the northwestern coast of Africa within the Atlantic Ocean.
(Source: wiki - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Palmas)
(Source: wiki - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Palmas)
08PALMA (401.270 PEOPLE)
Palma, in full Palma de Mallorca, is the major city and capital city of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands in Spain. It is situated on the south coast of the island on the Bay of Palma. As of the 2009 census, the population of the city of Palma proper was 401.270, and the population of the entire urban area was 517,285, ranking as the twelfth largest urban area of Spain. Almost half of the total population of Majorca live in Palma. The Cabrera Archipelago, though widely separated from Palma proper, is administratively considered part of the municipality. Its airport, Son Sant Joan, serves over 22 million passengers each year. The Marivent Palace was offered by the city to the then Prince Juan Carlos I of Spain. The royals have since spent their summer holidays in Palma.
(Source: wiki - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palma,_Majorca)
(Source: wiki - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palma,_Majorca)
07MURCIA (436.870 PEOPLE)
Murcia is a city in south-eastern Spain, the capital and most populous city of the Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia, and the seventh largest city in the country, with a population of 436.870 inhabitants in 2013 (about one third of the total population of the Region). The population of the metropolitan area was 689,591 in 2010. It is located on the Segura River, in the Southeast of the Iberian Peninsula, noted by a mild climate with hot summers, mild winters, relatively low precipitation.
(Source: wiki - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A1laga)
(Source: wiki - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A1laga)
06MALAGA (568.305 PEOPLE)
Málaga is a city and a municipality, capital of the Province of Málaga, in the Autonomous Community of Andalusia, Spain. With a population of 568,305 in 2013, it is the second most populous city of Andalusia and the sixth largest in Spain. The southernmost large city in Europe, it lies on the Costa del Sol (Coast of the Sun) of the Mediterranean, about 100 km (62.14 mi) east of the Strait of Gibraltar and about 130 km (80.78 mi) north of Africa.
(Source: wiki - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A1laga)
(Source: wiki - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A1laga)
05ZARAGOZA (701.090 PEOPLE)
Zaragoza is the capital city of the Zaragoza province and of the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain. On 1 September 2010 the population of the city of Zaragoza was 701.090, within its administrative limits on a land area of 1,062.64 square kilometres (410.29 square miles), ranking fifth in Spain. It is the 35th most populous municipality in the European Union. The population of the metropolitan area was estimated in 2006 at 783,763 inhabitants. The municipality is home to more than 50 percent of the Aragonese population. The city lies at an elevation of 199 metres (653 feet) above sea level.
(Source: wiki - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaragoza)
(Source: wiki - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaragoza)
04SEVILLE (709.206 PEOPLE)
Seville is a Spanish city, it is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville. It is situated on the plain of the River Guadalquivir. The inhabitants of the city are known as sevillanos (feminine form: sevillanas) or hispalenses, after the Roman name of the city, Hispalis. Seville has a municipal population of about 709.206 as of 2013, and a metropolitan population of about 1.5 million, making it the fourth-largest city in Spain and the 30th most populous municipality in the European Union.
(Source: wiki - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seville)
(Source: wiki - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seville)
03VALENCIA (852.208 PEOPLE)
Valencia, is the capital of the autonomous community of Valencia and the third largest city in Spain after Madrid and Barcelona, with around 852.208 inhabitants in the administrative centre. Valencia is also Spain's third largest metropolitan area, with a population ranging from 1.7 to 2.5 million. The city has global city status. The Port of Valencia is the 5th busiest container port in Europe and the largest on the Mediterranean Sea, with a trade volume of 4.21 million TEU's.
(Source: wiki - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valencia)
(Source: wiki - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valencia)
02BARCELONA (1.621.537 PEOPLE)
Barcelona is the capital city of the autonomous community of Catalonia in Spain, and the second largest city in the country, with a population of 1.621.537 within its administrative limits. The urban area of Barcelona extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of around 4.5 million.
(Source: wiki - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barcelona)
(Source: wiki - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barcelona)
01MADRID (3.255.944 PEOPLE)
Madrid is the capital of Spain and its largest city. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be around 6.5 million. It is the third-largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan area is the third-largest in the European Union after London and Paris. The city spans a total of 604.3 km2 (233.3 sq mi).
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