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Spain Desert the tarta de santago is a super popular dessert one bite of this thin, super moist almond cake and those rules evaporate from my mind. This simple cake is from Galicia, specifically the town of Santiago de Compostela, where the pilgrimage of St. James ends. A powdered sugar cross of St. James usually adorns the top of the cake. A very popular appetizer is the Tortilla española, one of Spain's most famous and beloved national dishes, is nothing more than egg, potato, and onion cooked in olive oil. And yet, when attention is paid to the technique, it's one of the most  delicious dishes imaginable.

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Spain's’ breakfast is the smallest meal of the day but an American’s breakfast is one of the most important meal of the day. While an American traditional breakfast is pancakes, bacon, and eggs, the Spanish"traditional" breakfast consists of the  popular churros, sprinkled with sugar or dunked in hot chocolate. A popular meal in spain is called “Gazpacho” Gazpacho originated in the southern region of Andalusia, and it is very popular in the warmer summer months. This cold tomato soup can be served in a bowl or in a glass. Ingredients include tomatoes, onions, garlic, bell peppers, oil and vinegar..Another very well known meal called “Paella” Paella originated on the east coast of Spain, near Valencia. This rice dish is made with chicken, chorizo (sausage) or seafood, plus a delicious medley of vegetables and sometimes mushrooms as well. Paella popularity extends far beyond the east coast – it’s sometimes called the national dish of Spain!

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Did you know that there are a lot of different types of spanish? Some types are Castilian. This term applies to the official Spanish language, spoken in northern and central Spain.

Andalusian spoken in southern spain, Murcia is spoken in the Autonomous Region of the Community of Murcia in the southeast of Spain, Canarian is the caribbean spanish dialect, Latin American Spanish is spoken in Mexico, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, and the majority of Central and South American countries.

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Spain people mostly speak Spanish, Portuguese, and galician. Spanish is the official language throughout the country; and are widespread enough to have daily newspapers and significant book publishing and media presence in those communities.  Galician, they are the main languages used by the Galician regional governments and local administrations. A number of citizens in these areas consider their regional language as their primary language and Spanish as secondary.

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Spanish art has been an important contributor to Western art and Spain has produced many famous and influential artists including Velázquez, Goya and Picasso. Spanish art was particularly influenced by Italy and France during the Baroque and Neoclassical periods, but Spanish art has often had very distinctive characteristics, partly explained by the Moorish heritage in Spain.

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One type of art is dance, dance can be used in many ways whether it’s just for fun or expressing your emotions. The fandango is a lively ,happy, well known spanish dance. Another dance is the Paso doble which is a quick one-step spanish dance. Another type of art is music. The music of Spain has a long history and has played an important role in the development of Western music and has greatly influenced Latin American music. Spanish music is associated with traditional styles such as the classical guitar.

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The literacy rate in spain is 98.08% Literacy rate is comparing people who are able to read and write vs those who cannot read or write. This is a good literacy rate to have it is not to high and definitely not to low. The people being able to read and write and can lead to school and jobs. People in spain are expected to attend school between age 6-16 but usually start much earlier around age 3. Middle and higher class people attend private schools. Good education is very important in spain and is like a symbol that represents them.

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In spain the life expectancy of men is 80.1 years. And the life expectancy for women is 85.5 years. The women’s life expectancy is 5.4 years more than men. Spain has the second highest life expectancy in the world at 83.38 years. The reason people think that spain has a high life expectancy is because their health care ranked seventh out of 2000 on the list of health cares. They also think they have a high life expectancy rate because of their diet. Their diet is the “Mediterranean diet.”, This diet consists of heavy on fruit, salad, oil, and fish.

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Religion & Beliefs in Spain is mostly a Roman Catholic country with approximately 94% of the population contribute to that religion. During the history of Spain, there have been long periods where different religious groups have coexisted,  other religions also practised in Spain are Islam, Judaism, Protestantism, and Hinduism.

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since they are mostly catholic in spain their holiday is Christmas, Another holiday is easter. Some holidays that we are not used to in the U.S are,First is Semana Santa, a week of feasting and Roman Catholic processions leading up to Easter. Holy Week in Seville features masked parades and enormous floats with Roman Catholic figures. This somber spectacle is followed up by La Feria de Abril.

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Some holidays in spain are much different than ours. But some are the same such as christmas.  A very popular holiday in spain is Las Fallas, Las Fallas is undoubtedly one of the most unique and crazy festivals in spain. But spain is also known for its weird and crazy holidays. This holiday started as a feast for St, Joseph the patron saint of carpenters, but then evolved into a 5 day multifaceted celebration. Valencia is a very small, and quiet town but during Las fallas it is lit up with parades and fire.

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A very well known historical figure in spain is Queen Isabella. Isabella financed christopher columbus’s voyages to america (The man who “found” or encountered america) She also played a key role in reorganising the government and brought the crime rates down in spain to record lows! A historical event in spain was the Spanish War. Revolts had been occurring for some years in cuba against spain. The U.S backed these revolts which lead to the Spanish-American War. America used yellow journalism to call for war. The U.S had just recovered from a deep depression and was afraid that the war would reverse the changes.

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The currency that spain uses is called “euros”, one US dollar is equal to 0.84 euros. Spanish income is mostly depended on personal situation. The minimum taxes you have to pay is 5.50 euros, but then again there are different kind of taxes in spain for people who are over 65 (retired) or if you are disabled.

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Spain has a pretty big amount of export partners, some of these partners include of United states with 4.5%, Italy with 7.4% United kingdom with 7.4% germany with 11%and there biggest partner the eu with 15.7% Now let’s talk about spain’s household income. The average amount of money a year is 22007 USD a year. But there is a pretty big gap when you compare the richest and the poorest. The richer part of the community earn almost 7 times as much as the poor side earns.

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Here are some things you need to know to stay out of trouble. beachwear is for the beach, but in addition to that there are still several fashion rules that travelers to Spain must know to in order to avoid trouble. Some of the most important are to always wear the right shoes, never forget to dress accordingly when visiting a monastery, church, or sacred place, and by no means wear the wrong football shirt in the wrong city.

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Spain has a constitutional monarchy. This means that they have a king (King Philipe )but he does not rule over everything. Instead they have a government leader (Mariano Rajoy) who makes the laws while the king advises him/her.