20 Interesting Facts about Spain for kids.

Here are some of the interesting facts about Spain:

Fact 1:The Spanish name for Spain is España,which means the land of rabbits.

Fact 2:Madrid is the greenest capital in Europe.

Fact 3:Spain was not part of the first or second world war.

Fact 4: Spain has over 8,000km of beaches.

Fact 5:The most famous sport in Spain is soccer.

Fact 6:Modern humans first arrived in the Iberian peninsula around 35,000 years ago.

Fact 7:Spain, originally inhabited by Celts, Iberians, and Basques, became a part of the Roman Empire in 206 B.C

Fact 8:Spain entered NATO in 1982

Fact 9:The economy of Spain is the seventh largest in the world.

Fact 10:Normal working hours for shops across the country are from 9 am to 8 pm from Monday to Saturday.

Fact 11:Over 98% of the population used to be roman catholic… presently it is around 76%

Fact 12:It is believed that modern humans first arrived in Spain around 32000 years ago.

Fact 13:Spain produces 44% of all the earth’s olive oil.

Fact 14: Spanish Real Madrid is the most popular club in the world.

Fact 15:Spain’s Life Expectancy is an average of 80 years old

Fact 16:Spain is one of the most mountainous countries in Europe.

Fact 17:Enrique Iglesias is half Filipino, half Spanish.

Fact 18:Spain also hosts one of the largest festivals in the world. The Running of the Bulls in Pamplona

Fact 19:Spanish inventor Manuel Jalón Corominas invented the mop in 1956.

Fact 20:The Rio Tinto River in Spain is so polluted by toxic pollution from 5,000 years of mining that it contains little to no life.