{"id":47222,"date":"2026-04-01T13:03:05","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T07:33:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=47222"},"modified":"2026-04-01T13:40:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T08:10:50","slug":"spain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/spain\/","title":{"rendered":"Spain"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Spain Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, Spain has closed its airspace to American aircraft involved in military operations against Iran.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Spain<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Location:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is located on the <\/span><b>Iberian Peninsula in southwestern Europe.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Bordering Countries:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Spain shares its borders with <\/span><b>Portugal <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(to the west), <\/span><b>France and Andorra<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (to the northeast), and the <\/span><b>British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (to the south).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Maritime borders:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Spain is bounded by the <\/span><b>Mediterranean Sea<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (to the southeast and east), the Bay of Biscay (to the north), and the <\/span><b>Atlantic Ocean<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (to the northwest and southwest).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Capital City: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Madrid<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Geographical Features of Spain<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Mountain ranges:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The Pyrenees Mountains form a natural barrier between Spain and France.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Plateaus: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>Meseta Central<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a vast interior plateau, dominating the central part of Spain.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Rivers:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Spain is traversed by important rivers such as:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>Ebro River<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 flows into the Mediterranean.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>Tagus River<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 shared with Portugal.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Desert feature:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Spain hosts the <\/span><b>Tabernas Desert in Andalusia<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, recognized as the only true desert in mainland Europe.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Natural Resources:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It mainly consists of copper, fluorspar, gypsum, iron ore, kaolin, lead, magnesite, mercury, pyrites, sepiolite, tungsten, uranium, and zinc.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/world\/spain-shut-airspace-us-plane-illegal-war-iran-10609690\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">IE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spain is located on the Iberian Peninsula in southwestern Europe. 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